- The inevitable Corbyn backtrack...
Posted by Ian M
on November 17, 2020, 11:48 am
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https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1328625986053795844 Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn My statement to the Labour Party about my suspension can be read here - https://www.facebook.com/JeremyCorbynMP/posts/10158985718038872 'Last month, I was suspended from the Labour Party, after 54 years' membership and four and a half years as party leader. On the day I was suspended I gave a broadcast interview to clarify what I had said in response to the EHRC report, and I also made a statement to the party to clear up any confusion about what I had meant, as follows: "The publication of the EHRC report should have been a moment for the Labour Party to come together in a determination to address the shortcomings of the past and work as one to root out antisemitism in our ranks and wider society. We must never tolerate antisemitism or belittle concerns about it. And that was not my intention in anything I said this week. I regret the pain this issue has caused the Jewish community and would wish to do nothing that would exacerbate or prolong it. To be clear, concerns about antisemitism are neither "exaggerated" nor "overstated". The point I wished to make was that the vast majority of Labour Party members were and remain committed anti-racists deeply opposed to antisemitism. I fully support Keir Starmer's decision to accept all the EHRC recommendations in full and, in accordance with my own lifelong convictions, will do what I can to help the Party move on, united against antisemitism which has been responsible for so many of history's greatest crimes against humanity." I'm grateful to the many thousands of Labour party members, trade unionists, and supporters in Britain and around the world, who have offered their solidarity. I hope this matter is resolved as quickly as possible, so that the party can work together to root out antisemitism and unite to oppose and defeat this deeply damaging Conservative government.' ***** So he did immediately climb down from the accusation that claims had been weaponised against him by the right wing PLP & the media in favour of empty platitudes about anti-racism in the party membership. And he wants everyone to follow Sir Keir and sign up to the new EHRC chapter & verse and 'unite against antisemitism'. Yet again endorsing the smear campaign against him & his allies on the left. WTF is wrong with this guy? Oh, and this: 'I regret the pain this issue has caused the Jewish community and would wish to do nothing that would exacerbate or prolong it' arguably is antisemitic in that it lumps all Jewish people into one undifferentiated mass and erases the experience of dissident Jews whose 'pain' came from Corbyn's capitulation and the disciplinary processes many were subjected to by the party as a result of it. Any regret for what they were put through, Jeremy? Keith told us so... jeers, I |