But the point which many Jewish people I knew made - and one I have a lot of sympathy for - is that anti-Semitism often isn't explicit, but its unconscious, in the references we make, in the language we use. Many on the left failed properly to appreciate that.

But now we have people saying that because Corbyn has been removed, AS has gone away. What?! Surely if it's something so insidious, getting rid of one person doesn't resolve anything. This comes at a time when truly anti-semitic movements like Qanon and the anti-Soros movement are gaining more and more ground. Clearly, we as a society haven't dealt with anti-semitism.

But now one person has been suspended from a political party, so it's all fine. And Starmer, who was in the shadow cabinet throughout Corbyn's tenure, can lecture everyone about how tough he is in taking on anti-semitism, and we're all meant to sit here and pretend that the irony of him saying it isn't enough to delegitimise the entire f*cking process.

But the point which many Jewish people I knew made - and one I have a lot of sympathy for - is that anti-Semitism often isn't explicit, but its unconscious, in the references we make, in the language we use. Many on the left failed properly to appreciate that.

But now we have people saying that because Corbyn has been removed, AS has gone away. What?! Surely if it's something so insidious, getting rid of one person doesn't resolve anything. This comes at a time when truly anti-semitic movements like Qanon and the anti-Soros movement are gaining more and more ground. Clearly, we as a society haven't dealt with anti-semitism.

But now one person has been suspended from a political party, so it's all fine. And Starmer, who was in the shadow cabinet throughout Corbyn's tenure, can lecture everyone about how tough he is in taking on anti-semitism, and we're all meant to sit here and pretend that the irony of him saying it isn't enough to delegitimise the entire f*cking process.

Serial, I agree with much of what you say. I don't for a moment think antisemitism will go away now JC has been suspended - it's a far bigger problem that seems to manifest itself when we have political and social uncertainly and extremes in power. But I want it to be something that doesn't knowingly happen in the Labour Party. Even if it's unconscious it needs to be identified and expunged. Education.

Whether or not JC subscribed to antisemitic views it's undeniable that many who identified with him did. Momentum and the like fostered this crisis with an ill understood analysis of the Israeli/Palestine situation which reduced everything to simple right or wrong thinking. Look at the We Support Jeremy Corbyn website and you'll see that he's been raised to demigod cult hero status and Israel & Jew have become synonymous.

The Labour Party, I think, must now break with JC and Momentum. In the future new leaders of the left will appear and all power to them - I only hope they are informed and not old school antisemitic.

Up the Palace!

I bet bbs is fun.
Anyone been winding them up yet?

It would be better if they split from fair-weather friends like you.

You have no idea who I am or my political position. I’ve worked for Labour and canvassed for Labour for over fifty years. I don’t like antisemitism. I do like socialism. I don’t like uniformed idiots who speak without knowing what they’re talking about.