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One year ago today BBC Panorama broadcast the testimony of a number of brave whistleblowers who had worked inside of the Labour Party on antisemitism cases. They felt morally compromised by an attempt by the then leadership to cover up racism in the party of anti-racism.
I have spent the best part of two years speaking to and working alongside these whistleblowers & many more who didn't go on camera to build a full picture of what went on to give to the EHRC. The testimony and extent of the cover up I read was harrowing.
theguardian.com/news/2019/jul/…
Despite the attempts to deny the testimony of these whistleblowers and more, at every single hurdle to date they have been vindicated under independent scrutiny.
🔷️ It passed BBC Editorial
🔷️ BBC Complaints Unit rejected all complaints
🔷️ Ofcom rejected all complaints.
They all provided sworn statements to the EHRC.
The programme is still online. Watch at
Panorama, Is Labour Anti-Semitic: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
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I read this piece in Jacobin. Its really sloppy in key parts of it. It seems to rely on an implication that the EHRC are not impartial without any real evidence to back this up. Here is my view on why the EHRC has not investigated the Tories. Yet.
jacobinmag.com/2020/06/keir-s…
In the piece it goes very heavily on the EHRC for not investigating Islamophobia in the Conservative Party, and implies that the failure to do so almost invalidates its investigation into Labour antisemitism. Its an implication without any real basis.
None of this invalidates the very real stench of Islamophobia emanating from all sorts of corners from the Conservative Party but having helped put together JLM submissions and now reviewing the evidence from the MCB I can see why the EHRC couldn't launch an investigation.
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Over 70 whistleblowers. From staff at the beginning and at the end of the Corbyn era. Pre and post McNicol. Including staff who worked in JC & JF offices who broke ranks to help the EHRC.

Or briefed extracts of a report seemingly attempting to lay the blame at 2 individuals.
I don't think anyone has ever denied that factional rubbish in the Labour Party played a role in allowing the spread of antisemitism to occur. It created fertile ground. It gave people permission to dismiss it as just politics. Which seems to be exactly what is happening here.
But ultimately when you are in charge, you take responsibility for what happens on your watch. It's quite clear that for those people in charge, the easy escape was to blame the issues on factionalism rather than accept the evidence right in front of them.
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I've said it before. But people need to differentiate between the crank left & the left. The crank left and Momentum (left) put up opposing candidates in the NEC by election.
Whilst too often Momentum enabled the crank left, and for that many can never forgive them. 1/
Those sensible parts of the left need to make up for their past errors. They now have a job to do. What's left of Momentum (the sane left) need to take the lead in purging the crank left bigots, conspiracists and antisemites from the party. /2
It is their responsibility more than anyone's. They played with fire knowing the sort of bigots who existed in their spaces. They used those bigots for political ruthlessness & organisation. They brought the extreme left racists and conspiracists into the mainstream. /3
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