tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post7777274789763807760..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Jumping on the anti-Corbyn bandwagonCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-50442832519115065562018-04-09T17:17:11.667+01:002018-04-09T17:17:11.667+01:00See Guido:
'Corbyn's Twitter outriders h...See Guido: <br /><br />'Corbyn's Twitter outriders have been gloating that Labour's anti-Semitism scandal is not affecting the party in the polls. Owen Jones says the below comment about "relentless attacks" was not a reference to the anti-Semitism stories – Guido will let readers make their own minds up.'<br />Loondon Callinghttp://otboae.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-1438141242361790362018-04-07T23:59:22.987+01:002018-04-07T23:59:22.987+01:00Yes depressing but probably true. In the UK, there...Yes depressing but probably true. In the UK, there is a lot of latent anti-semitism in the upper middle classes, there has been a lot of anti-semitism in previous decades promoted by Roman Catholicism which has not yet faded and is strong in the working class, followers of Sharia obviously are systematically anti-Judaic because Sharia is, there has always been a tradition of anti-semitism on the Left, where Jews have been identified with capitalism (don't bother arguing the point, Jewdas - it's true) and the MSM's identification of allegedly "bad" Israel (actually a shiny star in the Middle East context) with Jews. <br /><br />So, probably a realistic assessment. It is indeed down to Labour MPs to speak up and speak out. But I doubt many will, unless their seats, so to speak, depend upon it. <br /><br />I think the Jewish community need to move away from playing the PC game. I can see why it appeared attractive to them initially as a defence against persecution. But the real defence is the really strong constitutional guarantees you see in the USA - where Jews are probably safer than anywhere else on the planet - and they begin with free speech. Free speech is a guarantor for everyone. That's only one brick in the wall of freedom but it is probably the most important. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-32477228491516274512018-04-07T23:01:44.381+01:002018-04-07T23:01:44.381+01:00There's an interesting piece here by Tom McTag...There's an interesting piece here by Tom McTague that I arrived at via Guido:<br /><br />https://www.politico.eu/article/jeremy-corbyn-anti-semitism-problem-wont-matter-labour-party-local-elections-england-may/<br /><br />The thrust of the article is that Jeremy Corbyn's popularity and therefore the prospect of him gaining power are not damaged in any way by his latest anti-semitism exposure with its reaches deep within the Labour party.<br /><br />I found this a depressing thought. The solution according to McTague is for a significant number of Labour MPs to speak out. Loondon Callinghttp://otboae.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-89089047500017064082018-04-07T21:56:03.104+01:002018-04-07T21:56:03.104+01:00This year he's waving a beetroot, next year if...This year he's waving a beetroot, next year if he gets his way it will be a Jerusalem artichoke he'll be holding, with the emphasis on the choke-hold. <br /><br />I'd be more convinced by the "anti-Israeli is not anti-semitic or anti-Judaic" meme if I had ever heard any vehemently anti-Israeli activist (a) praise any pro-Israel Israeli about anything (b) praise any pro-Israel Jew about anything (c) state explicitly that they wish to see a continuing Jewish state ie Israel, in line with numerous UN resolutions dating since 1947 or (d) get as excited about any other land dispute on the planet. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.com