The reflex assumption by the left that Starmer is motivated by factional war and not, maybe, real sympathy with Jewish concern is unsurprising but still dispiriting. The anxieties of the actual people, the actual minority, at the heart of this, seem to be irrelevant.
It's fine to oppose the decision to withdraw the whip from Corbyn. But insodoing, it's still worth remembering that the victims in this ongoing hateful morass - and as yet, the failed attempts to sort it out - are not the Labour Left. It's Jews.
For anyone who might be confused about that, allow me to post this again from earlier today.
https://twitter.com/Baddiel/status/1328994729195937793
Lastly, to any Labour MPs going on the radio saying "We need to put this behind us and get on with fighting the Tories" I agree. But can you maybe not make it sound so much like "this" - anti-Semitism - is trivial, and an irritant, compared to the bigger picture, please.
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