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Today @thetimes published a story about @UKLabour antisemitism based on access to "documents leaked from within the heart of Labour’s disciplinary machine [that] tell a different story from the party’s public line." The story is behind the paywall so I've copy pasted much of it
The confidential files give the most detailed portrait to date of Labour’s failure to stamp out rampant anti-semitism in the party. They have been passed on by whistleblowers to expose what they claim to be “Corbyn’s lies”. thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/r…
According to the files, Corbyn’s reforms to take swift action against offenders remain so controversial within the party that its own lawyers have privately warned they are ill thought through and possibly illegal. Few of the much-trumpeted changes have been enacted.
In the meantime, anti-semites still face lenient sanctions or none, and are allowed to continue abusing Jewish members. Some of the most extreme complaints of incitement to racial hatred and calls for a second genocide against the Jews have remained unresolved for years
They include the case of David Cooper, 71, a retired ship’s captain from Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Labour staff investigating his case judged the comments on a Facebook page in his name to be so extreme that they would not be “out of place in the Third Reich”.
Labour received complaints about Cooper’s conduct in October 2018 and, despite the extreme nature of the comments on the Facebook page, the investigation dragged on for 10 months before preparations for an imminent general election stepped up and he was finally expelled in August
this weekend, Lord Macdonald, the former director of public prosecutions, said Cooper’s alleged comments appeared to represent a clear criminal offence.
That Cooper was expelled makes him an exception. Of 127 complaints between summer 2018 and spring 2019 just over half were merely given a “warning”, asked to attend “diversity training”, or faced no action at all. The others weren't even referred for further action
Labour members shared conspiracy posts about the “Zionist hand” behind the Charlie Hebdo attacks in 2015 or the “Zionist lobby that controls the world”.

Others referred to David Cameron as a “Rothschild tsar” or shared posts characterising Barack Obama as “Rothschild’s choice”.
Members stayed in Labour despite making racist statements like Jewish people are “intent on controlling or exploiting others”, that they “control the banks and, therefore, the world”, and that Jews “put themselves above others”.

Some were let off despite refusing to apologise
David Ray, a member in Leicester, was asked about his claims that a “Jewish gang” and “Zionist scumbags” had seized power over the party, he said: “I have told the truth and would be prepared to do that again. Zionists are basically psycopaths and should be treated as such.”
He added: “Do I regret it? That’s the thing. It’s an emotional statement, but given the rule book, yes. If I was allowed back into the party I would tone down my comments.” Ray was duly readmitted. Last week Ray said he was not anti-semitic but his language had been inflammatory.
According to a leaked tape officials acknowledged a lack of resources, poor communication and delays. They also referred to the fact that 136 complaints remained unresolved — a figure the party forcefully denied when it was leaked last month. #LabourLies
Jabran Hussain, a Momentum-backed Corbynista and the brother of Imran Hussain, the left-wing former MP standing for re-election in Bradford East, was heard to exclaim: “We’ve got a sheet here showing a backlog that shows the oldest case is three years old almost to the day.”
Speaking in an unguarded manner as it was a private meeting, Hussain went on to criticise as “ludicrous” Corbyn’s reforms, which would give openly factional figures on Labour’s governing body, the national executive committee (NEC), the power to quickly suspend or expel members.
Annabelle Harle, another official at the meeting, agreed, saying the reforms threatened the firewall between internal politics and fair governance and would make the NEC “the judge and jury”. “Why was it thought appropriate to do this?” she asked on the audio recording.
Anna Dyer, the pro-Corbyn chairwoman of Labour’s main disciplinary unit blasted a “quite surreal” lack of consultation and warning that Corbyn’s proposed reforms might even be unlawful.
“Those of us who have been involved in trade union operations, councils, charities etc understood the concept of keeping governance streams separate,” she wrote.
“A barrister has provided a pro bono opinion which is based on these issues. Our own NCC lawyer was not even informed of these changes. Both are of the opinion that the proposals present dangers for the party and could be challenged in court.”
Many Labour members accused of anti-semitism are given a warning and allowed to remain in the party as long as they attend “diversity training” — sources inside the party say such courses don't exist.
The above includes Mohammed Pappu, a councillor in Tower Hamlets who shared posts claiming that Britain attacked Syria to “install a Rothschild bank” and that Israel staged 9/11 and terrorist attacks in London and Paris.
Labour said last night the claims about 136 unresolved complaints were “categorically untrue”. A spokesman: “Jeremy Corbyn brought forward new powers, which are in operation, to expel individuals in cases of indisputable anti-semitism in a matter of weeks, rather than months"
So there you have it, the evidence as laid out by leaks from party documents. If anyone asks for proof send them here. If they say it's not good enough they are telling you all you need to know.

G-d help us all on Thursday #NeverLabour #CorbynHatesJews
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