The @EHRC report into antisemitism in the Labour Party is out today. It finds that Labour broke the law by discriminating against Jews. Here are some of the thoroughly depressing and jaw-dropping 'highlights'. 
Labour is guilty of antisemitic harassment and discrimination against Jews. There was a failure of leadership, processes, training and policies. Crucially, Labour could have dealt with antisemitism in the party but the leadership chose not to.
The report goes further: it identifies an culture in which antisemitism was ignored or accepted in the party. This culture needs to be eradicated if Jews are going to feel welcome again in the Labour Party.
What does antisemitism in the Labour Party look like? These are examples of the appalling antisemitism that the EHRC found. It reads more like a description of the BNP than Labour, but this is the shocking truth of how bad things became.
The failure to introduce antisemitism training was so serious it constituted indirect discrimination against Jewish members
Social media played a central role in the spread of antisemitic attitudes, and Labour literally had a policy not to investigate members for sharing antisemitic content online
Ken Livingstone is an antisemite.
The report says "suggesting that complaints of antisemitism were fake or smears" may constitute unlawful harassment. Oh, look! Here is Jeremy Corbyn today saying antisemitism in Labour was "dramatically overstated for political reasons" 🤔
There's loads more in the report. It's a remarkable, thorough, unprecedented, devastating report into a shameful episode in British politics. I hope we never have to go through this again. equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/….
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