Antisemitism in the Lewisham West and Penge Constituency Labour Party

Local Politics
#23

Thanks - I was already familiar with institutional discrimination, instead I was asking how that actually manifests here and if you had an example, either within the CLP or in the community in general.

All that has been posted is a few tweets from a bit of an idiot, who should be easily identifiable given the (former) job title and constituency of said individual.

If these people are reinstated after suspension, at a minimum I’d expect to see some re-education and a statement recanting and apologising. I’m not a Labour member and obviously don’t follow this issue as much as you, but perhaps I’m being naive in thinking that these people are on the wrong side of history and the issue can be left at that after a bit of re-education.

#25

Imagine if this was about Black people or another ethnic minority. Institutional anti-semitism seems to exist in some organisations and in some political movements. Violence towards Jews does happen in this country. It should be understandable how this will impact Jewish people in general or in our area specifically, and it should be as much of a concern to everybody as racism towards Black people or other minority groups.

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#26

From our MP today.

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#27

But if you support Corbyn you must be anti Semitic!!!