Nov 2019
3:15pm, 26 Nov 2019
787 posts
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Roberto
Havent 2 tory candidates been suspended for anti semitism in the last week or so as well?
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Nov 2019
3:21pm, 26 Nov 2019
18,975 posts
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DeeGee
Have they? Well the media seem to have kept that quiet. I'll just have a look and see if the popular investigative journalist Paul Staines has mentioned it on his popular and well balanced news website. |
Nov 2019
3:27pm, 26 Nov 2019
22,929 posts
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Johnny Blaze
History fans might be interested to know that Jews were expelled from England en masse in 1290 and did not return until the mid 17th century.
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Nov 2019
3:34pm, 26 Nov 2019
5,858 posts
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jda
Catholics didn't have a great time back then either. Not to mention any other number of dissidents of all types.
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Nov 2019
3:38pm, 26 Nov 2019
13,573 posts
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Yorkshire Pie
[delurking briefly to say Roberto is right - one of them is in my constituency bbc.co.uk ]
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Nov 2019
3:43pm, 26 Nov 2019
35,322 posts
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Nellers
One was for holocaust denial, the other was "just" for anti-Semitic comments I think. Sadly racism and anti-Semitism are present across British society for a whole load of historic and made up (but equally irrelevant or untrue) reasons. |
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Nov 2019
3:47pm, 26 Nov 2019
789 posts
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Roberto
But why would that be reported Deegee, it doesnt fit the narrative as surely only Labour can be anti semitic?
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Nov 2019
3:53pm, 26 Nov 2019
9,593 posts
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larkim
In fairness, the Tory candidate issue was on the BBC news website, I'd spotted that a couple of days ago. But for balance, if we take what a leader of a mainstream religion says as being honestly delivered and sincerely held views, one candidates' behaviour is a magnitude lower than the cricism being delivered by the Chief Rabbi today. If he isn't saying what he honestly believes, you have to impute some nefarious reason (or competency issue) for his statement. With Labour on the back foot on this issue, I don't think trying to tell him he is wrong will help much... |
Nov 2019
3:56pm, 26 Nov 2019
33,399 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
OOh, YP lurks. Hi YP! *waves*  Are there lots of lurkers just laughing at the earnest discussion and occasional vitriol that is exchanged in this thread?! G
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Nov 2019
3:57pm, 26 Nov 2019
6,941 posts
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Too Much Water
If 2 Tories are found to be anti Semitic it’s a few bad apples, if 20+ labour people are including established MPs, NEC members then it does look different to my eyes at least and becomes a trend.
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