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Sienna Rodgers

29 Nov, 9 tweets, 3 min read

At #JLM2020, Joan Ryan called for "examination" by Starmer & frontbench of roots of antisemitism in Labour. Mike Gapes said Starmer had "been doing a good job so far – much better than I expected" & he "can't back down". Neither confirmed applying to join Labour again.

In panel on Manchester, Andy Burnham says "I don’t agree with the construct of Tier 3", which hits hospitality v hard, and Christmas will be "a case of famine, feast, famine". Angela Rayner says Burnham has been "vilified and attacked on a personal level" by government. #JLM2020

On Labour antisemitism, Rayner says: "I’m really sorry that happened in the Labour Party. It never should have happened. It’s a source of shame for us." #JLM2020

Andy Burnham agrees, and says: "There has been a cultural problem in the Labour Party going back a long time." Concludes: "I trust Keir and Angela to sort it out."

Rayner commends Nadia Whittome for her response to a local meeting on Friday. "Our members need to get real about this... If they think making people feel unsafe or unwelcome in our meetings is a response to the EHRC report, then they need to be out of our party immediately."

Angela Rayner tells #JLM2020: "If I have to suspend thousands and thousands of members, we will do that. Because we cannot and we will not accept an injury to one, because an injury to one is an injury to all."

Rayner says: "There’s no debating what the EHRC said." She describes Jeremy Corbyn's EHRC response as "totally unacceptable". "It is a matter of public record now that I contacted Jeremy to try and get him not to say what he said and to apologise and withdraw it afterwards."

Rayner tells #JLM2020: "I don’t think Jeremy really quite gets how upsetting it is when he made those comments... I really hope that Jeremy really does now reflect on what he said on the day." Concludes: "At the very least I think he should apologise, absolutely."

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has called on members to “get real” about antisemitism within the party and warned that “thousands and thousands” could be suspended if they fail to do so: labourlist.org/2020/11/rayner…

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