Re the IHRA definition of antisemitism: I have reservations too. But in the end, one of the lessons of the Labour antisemitism crisis is that definitions matter less than who interprets them and how they are used.
In fact, it's ironic that one of IHRA's major weaknesses is that it doesn't fully address structural issues of organisational culture. For example, Manchester United adopted IHRA this week - but is this just a cost-free gesture or part of wider organisational accountability?
There is all sorts of potential in IHRA for tendentious interpretation - but there is in any definition of racism. Anti-racist practice requires culture change and soul-searching. Without that you have very little.
We are where we are: IHRA has become a shibboleth on multiple sides. The best way forward is not endless debates over the minutiae of its wording, but broader attention to what organisations need to do to embed anti-antisemitic and anti-racist practice.
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