Stan A. Einstein wrote:Frank Nouble 3 wrote:Marky wrote:The Trumpification of UK politics has been completed. The only thing getting me through at the moment is the thought of that tnuc having to go crawling to the EU and ask for an extension.
Spot on ignore the majority.
Lets have that Anti Semite in charge with his clueless Ex mistress as his deputy.
What a thought
Whilst a case can be made that Corbyn has failed to handle antisemitism within the Labour party properly I think that the accusation that Jeremy Corbyn is an anti- Semite is not sustainable.
Whilst I don't doubt that there are some within the Labour party who are antisemitic and viciously so, I also believe that the charge of being an anti Semite is also levelled at people who are critical of Israeli policy towards Palestinians. And for the avoidance of doubt I believe that Israel has committed human rights abuses in the West Bank and Gaza which are an affront to anyone who holds that human dignity should not be violated.
Brendan, I completely agree with you regarding human rights abuses. It is completely wrong whether it is committed by Israel in Gaza, the British in Ireland years ago or the ethnic cleansing in Serbia. I could go on with more examples but I won't. I just hope I have made my point.
However, in highlighting this issue, you have inadvertently focussed on the problem with Jeremy Corbyn. Unfortunately, the people who Jeremy Corbyn agrees with politically are the very people who highlight the Israeli abuses in Palestine. Jeremy Corbyn does not want to disagree with them and call them out because they support him politically. In this he is completely wrong. I believe that he has no backbone and will not discipline people whose views are similar to his. That is hypocritical.
If he cannot take on the haters in his party, how on earth is he to be trusted to run the country. In my opinion he is not the man to unite the country, he is the man to take on people who disagree with him. I see no evidence of a broad appeal for unity from him. More bloody confrontational politics lie ahead. Adversarial government, adverserial law, it is in the British DNA. Where is the middle ground aka Kirsty Williams, Yvette Cooper, Ken Clarke, David Owen, Shirley Williams and the like. I see no end to it unfortunately.
The one thing that I do agree with Corbyn though, is that we need to get rid of King Boris asap. Just my opinion for what it is worth.