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Sean Fear looks back to the Jewish boys during his school-days and wonders just what has happened to LABOUR

Sean Fear looks back to the Jewish boys during his school-days and wonders just what has happened to LABOUR

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"Today, other than another article bemoaning a situation of the Party’s own making, nothing has changed. There is no trust left. We find ourselves asking once again for action, not words" pic.twitter.com/jmNDX9Xvqa — Jewish Labour Movement (@JewishLabour) August 3, 2018 The row that just won’t go away Between the ages of 11 and 18, I went to University College School in Hampstead. UCS was founded by Jeremy Bentham in the early nineteenth century. Jeremy Bentham is probably most famous today…

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A second Jewish LAB MP who has dared to criticise Team Corbyn on antisemitism faces party discipline

A second Jewish LAB MP who has dared to criticise Team Corbyn on antisemitism faces party discipline

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Second MP under investigation in Labour party antisemitism row https://t.co/C0c3V0uiY4 — Guardian politics (@GdnPolitics) July 28, 2018 Meanwhile the latest Tweet that’s doing the rounds We’ve just been sent this post. There’s not much to say, apart from this is what antisemitism looked like in 1930’s Germany. But, it’s 2018 & from a supporter of a mainstream political party. @UKLabour #LabourAntisemitism pic.twitter.com/wjYAQHTnuM — #LabourAntisemitism (@GnasherJew) July 28, 2018 This could play out very badly After disciplinary steps were taken first…

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Ultimately there has to be a compromise in LAB’s antisemitism row or else the party could split

Ultimately there has to be a compromise in LAB’s antisemitism row or else the party could split

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Neither side appears ready give way It is now more than four months since Labour’s anti-semitism row hit the headlines following publication of a 2012 tweet from Mr Corbyn in which he seemed to be referring approvingly to what was clearly an anti-semitic mural. That provoked the widely publicised demonstration of MPs opposed to the leadership’s handling of the situation, outside the Palace of Westminster. Since then the divide has got deeper and deeper with the NEC wanting to narrow…

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While the Tories tear themselves apart on Brexit LAB’s new antisemitism policy threatens a divide between the NEC and the party at Westminster

While the Tories tear themselves apart on Brexit LAB’s new antisemitism policy threatens a divide between the NEC and the party at Westminster

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Just at a time when the Tories are totally split on Brexit LAB'S s divide on anti-semitism get widerhttps://t.co/T8UkCnGdWE — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 21, 2018 There’s a new poll from YouGov out this morning which has Labour’s lead down to just 1% if BoJo was CON leader. This coincides with the renewed row within Corbyn’s Labour over anti-semitism following the decision of the party’s national executive committee to trim down the widely regarded definition of what anti-semitism is. This…

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Ken Livingstone, the ex-mayor who keeps talking about Hitler, quits the Labour party

Ken Livingstone, the ex-mayor who keeps talking about Hitler, quits the Labour party

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Ken Livingstone has announced that he is resigning from the Labour Party saying the issues around his suspension for alleged anti-Semitism had become a "distraction" — Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) May 21, 2018 Former London mayor Ken Livingstone says he does not accept the allegation that he has brought the Labour Party into disrepute or that he is "in any way guilty of anti-Semitism" — Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) May 21, 2018 Labour MP John Mann has told Sky News…

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LAB supporters are deluding themselves if they think an anti-CON rainbow coalition would automatically back Corbyn for PM

LAB supporters are deluding themselves if they think an anti-CON rainbow coalition would automatically back Corbyn for PM

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Corbyn’s poor leader ratings highlight the weakness Ever since general election seat projections like the one from Sky above have appeared LAB supporters and Corbyn enthusiasts have been saying that last Thursday the party won LE2018 and if it had been had a general election then Corbyn would be the one being called to the Palace. This is based on the unfounded and somewhat arrogant assumption by LAB that all the SNP, LD, PC and GRN MPs would simply line…

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Those PBers who took the Barnet tips are in the money this morning

Those PBers who took the Barnet tips are in the money this morning

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Have we seen the high water of Corbynism? Over the past few weeks there have been several posts here suggesting that the best bet of the local elections was on the key LAB target in London – Barnet. TSE started it all on March 25th when the Tories were 5/1 with Ladbrokes and he suggested that that we should bet that LAB wouldn’t do it. Then we heard from Sean Fear and myself who argued that this borough, where a…

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Corbyn’s Ipsos MORI satisfaction ratings drop to lowest point since GE2017

Corbyn’s Ipsos MORI satisfaction ratings drop to lowest point since GE2017

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Just three out of five LAB voters give him positive rating Meanwhile there’s some voting intention cheer for the LDs LDs up 4% to 10% with @IpsosMORI – their highest share in any poll since GE2017 pic.twitter.com/YysjQCFjhn — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) April 30, 2018 The big story from the April Ipsos MORI poll in the Standard is a further deterioration in Mr corbyn’s satisfaction ratings. These, from the pollster, have been asking the same format for well over 40 years…

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