the day after the deadline: can the union survive brexit and other deep questions

has jeremy corbyn ever been to auschwitz? it's a mystery i can't solve

*three and a half hours pass*

i've solved the mystery - he has

"i am outraged that this politician isn't doing the thing politicians always do, which is using a visit to Auschwitz to PROVE they CANNOT be anti-semitic, even though politicians should NEVER do that... oh wait he must be LYING then... oh fuck, he isn't, he was there... guess he's not using it as an argument for not being anti-semitic... which is ok? help I'm stuck nevertheless amirite fellas?"

he scraped the internet

there was nothing

story of my life

he pinned the first tweet of that thread too lmao

yeah but David Irving visited auschwitz as well, eh? makes u think!

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Yesterday, I visited Terezin Memorial - a World War II concentration camp and former Jewish ghetto.

Never forget pic.twitter.com/AkWbBQj3L5

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) December 4, 2016

He’s been to more than one.

I hear NEC adopts "IHRA in full with all examples". It agrees following additional interpretation: "this does not in any way undermine the freedom of expression on Israel and the rights of Palestinians. We re-invite organisations to engage in consultation on the Code of Conduct"

— Robert Peston (@Peston) September 4, 2018

Cue endless, bitter arguments about how it should be applied in practice.

Cue the British media going even harder against Corbyn and trying their best to blame him or connect him with every IHRA-designated example of anti-Semitism they can uncover - they will be working day and night on this.

Yep, I think you can expect formal complaints against MPs supporting BDS in the future, for example. Which will then kick off another argument about Labour not enforcing the rules properly when they are dismissed.

aaaand as if by magic i turn on the radio and once again the Sunday Sport's Tony Livesey is going hard at Jenny Manson about the issue

Westminster voting intention:

LAB: 41% (+1)
CON: 37% (-1)
UKIP: 7% (+4)
LDEM: 6% (-4)
GRN: 2% (-)

via @Survation, 31 Aug - 01 Sep
Chgs. w/ 07 Jul

Link: https://t.co/pLg0c3snOL

— Britain Elects (@britainelects) September 4, 2018

41% of the uk: raging anti-semites

I don't think the antisemitism angle is a winner so I'm happy to see corbyn's critics run with it as long as possible

LibDem result is hilarious but I guess within margins of error might be nothing. You'd think if you were mad keen on starting a new centrist party you'd have a look at how the existing one is doing.

Good to see, despite the supposed easing of the hostile environment policy, you’re still never too young to have your passport revoked and get stranded in a foreign country.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/boy-passport-home-office-belgium-holiday-blocked-mother-a8522211.html

and these craven cunts wonder why they are dying party.. sickening.

was listening to an R4 report on an adult who got stranded somewhere in the Caribbean in the same manner. Some wanker from the home office wished him gl and advised him to not speak in an English accent if possible, because that makes you a target for criminals.

Wads of extremely timely anti-Corbyn/anti-Labour stuff in this We Are British Jews programme on BBC2.

The fact that May's home office policies are still leading to massive injustice and real human suffering but the public seem not to care at all... this does not fill me with hope about the country.

tbf to the public it seems to get a tiny fraction of the media coverage that Labour antisemites are getting

Emily Maitlis, despite her best efforts, disappointed to find Alf Dubs criticizing Margaret Hodge and Jonathan Sacks.

And interrupting Rachel Shabi at every reply.

<3 Lord Dubs.

when the BBC just think they can slot a coin up someones arse and press the button, and it doesn't do what they wanted it to, is always a rare treat. Hodge is an abysmal human being and her "legitimate sense of entitlement over immigrants" spiel back in the day must have been a big inspiration to Kinnock jr.

😂😂
Must watch video... go @liamyoung pic.twitter.com/mNbjVMwt3t

— Jeremy Corbyn for PM (@JeremyCorbyn4PM) September 5, 2018

he's still completely shook from the humiliation of that bbc doc. His very own "We're alright" moment, to haunt him for the rest of his pointless life!

lol what a chump

the other guy's delivery is impeccable.

Liam Young, I presume.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/05/the-ihra-definition-of-antisemitism-where-uk-parties-stand

with friends like the Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine...

"Thanks to all the comrades who voted for me. I won,despite Momentum’s huge efforts to help Eddie Izzard. I hear Eddie wants to join his politically like-minded mates in Momentum." - Pete Willsman

— CLPD Labour (@CLPD_Labour) September 5, 2018

what a fucking jerkoff, early voters definitely aren't comrades and many of them feel remorse for blindly voting for such an idiot. Momentum need to do a much more thorough screening of their NEC candidates in future.

This is quite good on the dilemma the anti-Corbyn wing of the party is has:

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2018/09/after-summer-trouble-corbyn-s-grip-labour-stronger-ever

They're never going to win over soft-Corbyn-supporters who might be sympathetic to some of their aims with people like Angell, one of the most aggressively unpleasant people in the party, and Akehurst, whose day job is a lobbyist for Israel and who hasn't drawn breath since 2004 without attacking colleagues he thinks are to the left of him, including Chuka Umunna, leading the charge.

the idea of Akehurst trying to broaden his appeal has me irl lolling!

Talking of winning people over, Joan Ryan is taking her loss of a confidence vote ahead of possible deselection as well as can be expected.

So lost 92 to 94 votes hardly decisive victory and it never occurred to me that Trots Stalinists Communists and assorted hard left would gave confidence in me. I have none in them.

— Joan Ryan MP (@joanryanEnfield) September 6, 2018

This is also somewhat eyebrow-raising from the Northern Ireland Secretary:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/07/karen-bradley-admits-not-understanding-northern-irish-politics

“I freely admit that when I started this job, I didn’t understand some of the deep-seated and deep-rooted issues that there are in Northern Ireland,” Bradley told House magazine, a weekly publication for the Houses of Parliament.

“I didn’t understand things like when elections are fought, for example, in Northern Ireland – people who are nationalists don’t vote for unionist parties and vice versa. So, the parties fight for election within their own community.

christ almighty

waht is "nationalist"

Someone who loves the queen iirc. It’s all very confusing.

hard to believe the Tories would put in post someone so utterly inappropriate for the job

even their so called big beasts are wilfully ignorant on N Ireland.

having just endured Blair, Blunkett and Chris Williamson on the radio. I declare myself politically homeless!

it seems Joan did more than enough to earn that vote of no confidence. I'm sure I heard Robinson say the vote was broadcast live on Israeli tv as evidence of Labour's continued antisemitism.

the crassness and entitlement of declaring oneself "politically homeless" while actual real people are left to rot on the streets

I totally agree, was joking ftr!

although I found the existential angst of Blunkett and Blair much more fun than Williamson's triumphalist shrillness.

oh yes I know!

Gavin Shuker also lost a no-confidence vote last night, having spent the last two weeks talking up the possibility of Labour MPs going off to form their own party.

he's no Chris Shuker - one of my star signings on FM 06!

the gathering pace of these votes of no confidence is becoming quite a rush!

i really hope blair is suffering under the weight of crushing existential angst but somehow i doubt it

perhaps the least guilty-feeling catholic in all of history