, 7 tweets, 4 min read
My Authors
Read all threads
.@uklabour 1/7 Owen Jones has persistently claimed Labour antisemitism was exaggerated. Following Labour’s annihilation at the election, he wrote an article whitewashing his previous position...
2/7 Not only did Jones use his influence to defend the Labour leadership and gaslight the Jewish community, claiming it was a ‘smear’...
3/7 Jones also promoted JVL, the tiny group who whitewash Labour antisemitism. The anti-Jewish racism of JVL members and leaders is well documented
4/7 Jones even defended JVL member Jackie Walker, who was eventually expelled over antisemitism. He cynically used her alleged Jewish heritage as a defence.

He was probably key to her suspension being overturned at the time. Jones admits he is friends with Walker
5/7 And Owen Jones defended JVL leader Glyn Secker’s appalling antisemitic speech.

Secker said Jews were ‘in the gutter’, a ‘fifth column’, ‘crying wolf’ and ‘part of the problem’ for their allegations of antisemitism.
6/7 Owen Jones is also friends with with Walker’s partner, JVL member Graham Bash.

Bash and Jones are friends with Corbyn. According to reports, Jones worked on McDonnell’s leadership bid, helped craft Momentum (Labour’s antisemitic grassroots org) and works on their campaigns
7/7 As a student at Oxford, Jones used his spare time to edit Wikipedia, claiming the notion of ‘Jewish ethnicity’ is ‘a lie’ among other things.

It appears that Jones’s issue with Jewish people remained, but now he is using his @guardian platform to cover up his leading role
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh.

Enjoying this thread?

Keep Current with JVLWatch

Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!