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>> I was and am uncomfortable that there's a conflregularly accused of being a Zionist pig, a Tory hag, a racist shill or being a dizzy old bint who should be executed by Hezbollah.ation between (a) cases where there has
>> been discrimination, offence etc to Jewish members and (b) legitimate criticism of the State of
>> Israel.
I am no expert on this and I'm baffled by half of it.
However it isn't just the critics who can't tell the difference between anti-Zionism and anti-semitism. Anti-semites might really think they are just anti-Zionist, or pretend they are. Those on the receiving end of it probably don't see the difference either when 'anti-Zionism' takes the form of "regularly [accusing me] of being a Zionist pig, a Tory hag, a racist shill or being a dizzy old bint who should be executed by Hezbollah" in the words of Margaret Hodge.
Corbyn hasn't been found deficient for this directly, but for the degree to which he and his office either appeared to tolerate it or interfere with investigations. The fact that he can't see it speaks volumes. Maybe he just isn't very bright or lacks the imagination.
Starmer didn't suspend Corbyn AIUI, David Evans did. Perhaps the push came from Starmer but I suspect he would be very wary of doing exactly what Corbyn's office did, i.e. interfering with proceedings in this area.
There are Labour FB groups where you can find 100 posts attacking Starmer before tripping over one that criticizes the government or advances a policy. The former Momentumites and Corbynites who are still doing this aren't going to convert, and have a negative value as members, so the fact that they are protesting about Corbyn's suspension by cancelling their memberships can only be welcome to Starmer. Chuff knows who they are going to vote for, or what their plan could possibly be.
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