Very short thread on Owen Jones:
1. Owen is getting praised by some who should know better today because he called out an antisemitic tweet by an ex-mate/fellow former LOTO Outrider
2. In March 2018 a Corbynista CLP exec member in Sheffield used the same language in a tweet
1. Owen is getting praised by some who should know better today because he called out an antisemitic tweet by an ex-mate/fellow former LOTO Outrider
2. In March 2018 a Corbynista CLP exec member in Sheffield used the same language in a tweet
3. This tweet by Marianne Tellier was called out by Jews and our allies and a number of Labour MPs - including Magaret Hodge - called on the party to take immediate action.
This story was all over Twitter and the national press - including BBC News
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan….
This story was all over Twitter and the national press - including BBC News
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan….
4. The offensive tweet was posted on 23rd March 2018 and on 29th March Labour suspended Tellier.
5. During this period Owen Jones was tweeting furiously (as usual) and posted often about antisemitism and his glorious role in combating it.
5. During this period Owen Jones was tweeting furiously (as usual) and posted often about antisemitism and his glorious role in combating it.
6. Yet at no point did Owen Jones mention the Jew-baiting tweet from a Corbyn supporting LAbour CLP exec member that was all over the national news.
7. Which is "odd" given that Owen finds that language so offensive.
7. Which is "odd" given that Owen finds that language so offensive.
8. As many of you know, this is just another example of the pick n mix approach to anti-Jewish racism that Owen has taken since 2004 when he decided that Jewish ethnicity was a Zionist lie.
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