Current Affairs Labour and Anti Semitism.......

[larbert toffee]

Really wish that someone or something could put an end to all this, it's taking up too much media space and it's now getting boring, the Labour party are playing right into the Tories hands by keeping this going and right at a time when Labour should be riding roughshod over them I wouldn't be surprised if the Tories are extending their lead in the popularity tables.

 

[dannyboy]

No words for what Hodge has said in that interview. Those playing this for political gain like her are beyond disgusting and doing nothing but hindering solving the issue.

 

[dannyboy]

Really wish that someone or something could put an end to all this, it's taking up too much media space and it's now getting boring, the Labour party are playing right into the Tories hands by keeping this going and right at a time when Labour should be riding roughshod over them I wouldn't be surprised if the Tories are extending their lead in the popularity tables.

The media are like a dog with a bone. In a membership of half a million you are always going to get some cretins who hold these bizarre views so I can see this problem sticking around for as long as the media are willing to give it headline coverage.

 

[dannyboy]

The media ought to do their job now and call Hodge out for what she has said. By almost anyone's standards it's appalling. No doubt they'll say she's made an excellent analogy and it's further proof of the problems within Labour...

 

[tsubaki]

The media are like a dog with a bone. In a membership of half a million you are always going to get some cretins who hold these bizarre views so I can see this problem sticking around for as long as the media are willing to give it headline coverage.

The problem is that media campaigns eventually run out of actual things to report and end up looking daft.

The state of this.

TBF this was always the best implication of the Corbyn as an antisemite thing was; that for it to be true we would have to be antisemites as well.

I wouldn't expel her - because it's clear now that's exactly what she wants. She wants to be 'martyred' for the cause to cause as much damage as possible.

Labour has a very real problem with anti-semitism and I don't believe many are doing it for purely political or spiteful reasons - however, with that one remark, Hodge has revealed her personal game here.

There's no defending her here. I'd suspend her indefinitely pending investigation, but keep her under the party umbrella for now.

Or give her more rope to hang herself with, either/or.

That last bit definitely.

 

[dannyboy]

Wow.

 

[Number_25]

Hodge should be suspended for bringing the party into disrepute.

 

[peteblue]

Whether you're a Corbyn fan or not, comparing the party to Nazi Germany?

Get her gone.

Yeah she's overstepped the mark to say the least there.

She's not wrong in the "cult of Corbynism" remark like, but her comments after that are pure hyperbole and deserves action against her.

At first glance It’s hard not to consider her comments pretty despicable.

Its beyond ridiculous, Corbyn needs to take these people on and not appease them any more.

The first of those is pushing it. The second is absolutely risible.

If she didn't face disciplinary action before, she should straight up face expulsion now.

Isn’t this exactly what Corbyn does, comments on others actions by referring to Nazi’s or Siege of Stalingrad or whatever.....why is it OK when Corbyn does it but not when Hodge does it......

 

[Connor]

Isn’t this exactly what Corbyn does, comments on others actions by referring to Nazi’s or Siege of Stalingrad or whatever.....why is it OK when Corbyn does it but not when Hodge does it......

You're not real Pete

 

[Number_25]

Isn’t this exactly what Corbyn does, comments on others actions by referring to Nazi’s or Siege of Stalingrad or whatever.....why is it OK when Corbyn does it but not when Hodge does it......

Lol.

Hodge called her boss a [Poor language removed], and likened it to the Nazi's treatment of Jews. I find it incredibly offensive, and I hope the party takes action against her.

 

[Moomin]

You're not real Pete

He wants Boris as PM.

 

[peteblue]

Lol.

Hodge called her boss a [Poor language removed], and likened it to the Nazi's treatment of Jews. I find it incredibly offensive, and I hope the party takes action against her.

The truth often hurts......

 

[Connor]

He wants Boris as PM.

I am not surprised

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

I see Len McCluskey has deemed it necessary to tell Jewish people that there's nothing to be offended by, anti-semitism doesn't exist in the party and they should shut up and be grateful Labour exists.

I'm sure that was a good idea on paper...

Some Jewish organisations like Board of Deputies, the Jewish Leadership Council and the Jewish Labour Movement, anyway he pretty much echoes what Jon Lansmen and Momentum are saying about building bridges, are you going all Trump like with fake news mantra?

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Wow.View attachment 49007

You can't be posting up Michael, another Jewish man who is part momentum, you will make Corbyns opponents heads pop, they just won't get it.