Thread by @tonymc39

A thread…

1/7 Since the rise of antisemitism in Corbyn’s Labour began to be highlighted, those voices of denial have been loud and persistent. They ignore the McPherson principle which states when a minority perceives racism the initial assumption is that they are correct…

2/7 But worse, they have consistently tried to shift the focus away from the embedded cultural problem of left antisemitism and made it about stats and process. Thus, they will pluck a figure out of the air… ‘only 0.06% of members have been disciplined for being antisemitic’…

3/7 We can all refer to many many instances where antisemitism in @UKLabour has gone unpunished, but that isn’t the point. At CLP meetings, on social media, at public meetings, the hate and the tropes go unchallenged…

4/7 In 2018, Chris Williamson brought his deselection roadshow to Liverpool. In a packed meeting there were MPs, councillors, party officials and dozens of members. A man in the audience stood up and declared “foot soldiers of Israel are stealing our democracy”…

5/7 Not only was he not challenged on his baseless assertion, many in the room stood up, clapping and cheering. You could argue only one person in the room said something offensive. But it was the acceptance from the rest that exposed the deep cultural issue on the left…

6/7 Similarly, they will lead you down semantic rabbit holes about process and how many cases Jennie Formby dealt with compared to Iain McNicol. It is all misdirection designed to distract the long-held cultural problem many on the left have with Jews…

7/7 It’s tempting to think #LabourAntisemitism ends with the @EHRC. It doesn’t. The hard left’s hatred of Jews stretches back to Karl Marx. It is deep-seated and based on dark conspiracy theories about secret cabals. The report is a significant victory, but the war is not over.