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Heather Mendick Profile picture
@helensclegel
Sep 11, 2021 • 17 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
I'm being investigated by Labour for action that "undermines the Party’s ability to campaign against racism" and "may reasonably be seen to involve antisemitic actions, stereotypes and sentiments". Summary charges are below with links to the 14 items in the rest of the thread.
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This article that @abbyhoffmann and I wrote on Jewish identity, specifically this sentence: "The weaponisation of anti-semitism against the left and how it is used to silence criticism of Israel are well-rehearsed." morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/how-…
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Finally, I liked this tweet replying to me
A weird thing is that the letter contains screen grabs of all these tweets with my Twitter icon of TV's Betty, a character who faces lies, abuse and sabotage from many of her colleagues with a generosity of spirit that is similar to Corbyn's and that I admire but do not share.
Thanks for reading to the end, I'm going to try to shamelessly leverage this thread by asking you to sign & share a petition. You don't need to be from Hackney to sign, you just need to care about public housing and development for people not profit. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/morn…

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Apr 6
1/6: This University of Warwick report on antisemitism is helpful.
On definitions of antisemitism such as the IHRA, the authors write: "incorporating these definitions into the contractual obligations of members of the Universities is legally unsafe".
jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/app/uploads/20…
2/6: They are clear on the law: "It is illegal to treat a definition of antisemitism as a legal code that applies to conduct directly, and it is illegal to fail properly to account for free speech obligations in assessing whether speech or academic work violates the law."
3/6: "It is unclear what it means for a university to adopt a definition. If it implies that a definition should be applied uncritically either in the educative or disciplinary setting, we reject the whole idea that Universities should adopt definitions of antisemitism."
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Sep 8, 2023
*Important thread*
Labour right factionalism in Hackney has led to a crisis
The leadership of Hackney North have been removed by Party staff for asking questions about safeguarding after a candidate arrested for possessing images of child abuse was elected as a councillor
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Hackney Labour Left Statement on Tom Dewey matters Left members in Hackney Labour Party were appalled and disgusted to learn of Tom Dewey's crimes from newspaper reports on court proceedings over a year after his arrest on 29th April 2022 for making images of sexual abuse of children, including category A images which are graded the most serious. Tom Dewey carried on face to face campaigning after his arrest and remained a councillor for nearly two weeks. The news immediately raised questions about who in Hackney Labour leadership knew what and how the matter had been dealt with through to ...
We call for 1. Solid and caring support for the victims of Tom Dewey's crimes & Hackney residents impacted. 2. An independent inquiry to establish the facts & failings in dealing with the Dewey case in relation to his positions in the Labour Party (recognising that his crimes date back to at least Jan 2008). This should include the circumstances of decision-making by the local Labour leadership & Council relating to the timeline of events from the NCA raid on his home, his election as a councillor & resignation less than 2 weeks later & the subsequent by-election. 3. Publication of recommen...
Hackney North Labour Left Statement on the bureaucratic coup We must highlight & protest the London Regional Labour Party's treatment of Hackney North & Stoke Newington Constituency Labour Party (CLP) against the backdrop of the Dewey scandal. After Exec Committee members raised safeguarding issues at the 13 July 2023 meeting, we were silenced by the London Regional Director, Pearleen Sangha, who suddenly joined the Zoom call. Within 24 hours she moved to "pause" the CLP's access to Organise, the email network which facilitates communication with members. This move was a form of c...
The statements in the tweets above come from left wing members of Hackney Labour Party who have tried to raise concerns internally and been aggressively shutdown both by right wing members locally, including councillors, and by Party staff.
Some key points follow.
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The Labour left join calls from campaigners outside Labour for @PhilipGlanville to resign *now* : "Philip Glanville's position as Mayor is untenable after a fundamental breach of trust with Party members and the Hackney electorate. He should resign with immediate effect."
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Jul 10, 2023
I tell her I am Jewish & that I agree with a zero-tolerance approach to antisemitism, but the party is so gung-ho that it is now labelling people antisemitic who simply aren’t – & there is a danger of destroying lives in the process.
“I don’t know the details of that case. But...
“it is so important that we are seen to – and we do – tackle antisemitism. Ken Loach, you might like his films, but his views … certainly, they are not ones I share.”
That doesn’t make him antisemitic, I say.
“You don’t think Ken Loach is antisemitic? ... I think we might have..
“to agree to differ.”
Why does she think he is antisemitic? “I’m not on the bodies that make these decisions, but I think it’s right we have a zero-tolerance approach.”
You can’t make such an accusation without supporting it, I say.
“Well, look, I’m not on the body who makes...”
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Apr 7, 2023
(1/11) It has become commonsense to compare the UK left to the Nazis. Such comparisons get no significant pushback. This thread gives 10 examples. I discuss these and their impact in my most recent video.
(2/10) August 2016: Michael Foster, writing in the Daily Mail, compared Corbyn supporters to the Sturmabteilung or Nazi stormtroopers dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…
(3/10) September 2016: Images like this were shared across social media and the idea of providing creches at Momentum events was compared to the Hitler Youth. Image
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Nov 22, 2022
(1/7) David Baddiel says that he doesn't care about Israel and feels no connection to it. But his indifference does not mean that #jewsdontcount and antisemtism have nothing to do with Israel. A thread...
(2/7) Baddiel holds 'progressives' responsible for contemporary antisemtism, even that coming from the far right, on the grounds that they treat other forms of racism differently and largely ignore anti-Jewish racism.
(3/7) It is deeply ironic to make this argument in a prime time show on the most progressive of the UK's main TV channels, and citing the Royal Court as evidence given they've just staged 'Jews in their own words', and demonstrating culpability by focusing on two black women.
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Sep 25, 2022
(1/10) The broadcast version of episode 2 of #LabourFiles on Labour's 'antisemitism crisis' has some good stuff but lacks a coherent narrative and leaves out the Panorama documentary and EHRC report. This thread details what's in the longer online version.
(2/10) The online version refutes both the overall narrative of the Panorama 'hit job' on Labour antisemitism and individual points e.g. it contrasts ex-staffer Ben Westerman saying he was asked if he's from Israel with audiorecording of him being asked which branch he's from.
(3/10) It shows legal advice that Labour would win the defamation case brought by the ex-staffers appearing in Panorama and by John Ware who made the doc. The advice says that a pay out to John Ware would have a chilling effect on free speech. Starmer paid out to all of them.
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