Well, here you go then!
There are a few antisemites/conspiracy theorists in the Labour Party, I have met a couple, they are complete nutters. Some have been thrown out, a few more need to be. They are very nasty. I honestly don't know why they were ever let in. They seem to believe that all the capitalists in the world are Jewish and that Israel runs everything. But there are very few of them.
There are loads of anti Zionists (most of them actually Jewish) who have been called 'antisemites' because they don't support the current policies of Israel. The weaponisation of the hideous crime of antisemitism by the representatives of the 72% of Jews who support the Tories (and many the horrendous policies of the current Israeli government) as a point-scoring stick to beat the Labour party with is contemptible, opportunist and very dangerous. I have met the real far right anti semites at first hand, had my gigs targeted, been attacked by them. That is where the real threat comes from. I support Jewish Voice For Labour, and for the record, I loathe Hamas, as I loathe all religious fundamentalism, fully support both the necessity for a Jewish homeland after the Holocaust and a sovereign Palestinian state and therefore support a 2 state solution.
As for the other stuff (being 'dumb and out of touch' and Labour being 'unelectable') I can only repeat that, at the last election, we got 40% of the vote and made inroads in areas previously unheard of. We reduced Tim Loughton's majority by ten thousand here in EWS. What do you mean? Do you honestly think a pragmatic, centrist party led by Umanna and co would get more votes? You might be more likely to vote for them, but they wouldn't - the young would desert us in droves for the Greens, as i voted Green after Blair's criminal, illegal and undemocratic intervention in Iraq. So many are angry beyond belief at the crap, divisive world we have bequeathed them, at the opportunities we had they are now denied , and want real change. It's not about Corbyn. It's about what he represents...
And that, I feel, is the crux of the matter. It is only natural to approch the broad questions from your own perspective: perhaps you mean that at 61 I am out of touch with the majority of my generation. I fully accept that. But I'm certainly not out of touch with the views of the generation below, mine represent them more than yours do, and they, for obvious reasons, are the future. I can't believe how the hippies and punks came to this, and wonder why I, and an energetic minority my age, are so different: I literally do not understand why some of you think being left wing and full of passion charging about as an activist is something you should 'grow out of'. That's the crux of it really, especially given that the extremes of wealth and poverty in this country are heading back to Victorian levels and the old Victorian diseases are coming back...
We really do need to beat Burnely on Saturday............
Well, here you go then!
It's not about Corbyn. It's about what he represents...
Well, here you go then!
There are a few antisemites/conspiracy theorists in the Labour Party, I have met a couple, they are complete nutters. Some have been thrown out, a few more need to be. They are very nasty. I honestly don't know why they were ever let in. They seem to believe that all the capitalists in the world are Jewish and that Israel runs everything. But there are very few of them.
There are loads of anti Zionists (most of them actually Jewish) who have been called 'antisemites' because they don't support the current policies of Israel. The weaponisation of the hideous crime of antisemitism by the representatives of the 72% of Jews who support the Tories (and many the horrendous policies of the current Israeli government) as a point-scoring stick to beat the Labour party with is contemptible, opportunist and very dangerous. I have met the real far right anti semites at first hand, had my gigs targeted, been attacked by them. That is where the real threat comes from. I support Jewish Voice For Labour, and for the record, I loathe Hamas, as I loathe all religious fundamentalism, fully support both the necessity for a Jewish homeland after the Holocaust and a sovereign Palestinian state and therefore support a 2 state solution.
As for the other stuff (being 'dumb and out of touch' and Labour being 'unelectable') I can only repeat that, at the last election, we got 40% of the vote and made inroads in areas previously unheard of. We reduced Tim Loughton's majority by ten thousand here in EWS. What do you mean? Do you honestly think a pragmatic, centrist party led by Umanna and co would get more votes? You might be more likely to vote for them, but they wouldn't - the young would desert us in droves for the Greens, as i voted Green after Blair's criminal, illegal and undemocratic intervention in Iraq. So many are angry beyond belief at the crap, divisive world we have bequeathed them, at the opportunities we had they are now denied , and want real change. It's not about Corbyn. It's about what he represents...
And that, I feel, is the crux of the matter. It is only natural to approch the broad questions from your own perspective: perhaps you mean that at 61 I am out of touch with the majority of my generation. I fully accept that. But I'm certainly not out of touch with the views of the generation below, mine represent them more than yours do, and they, for obvious reasons, are the future. I can't believe how the hippies and punks came to this, and wonder why I, and an energetic minority my age, are so different: I literally do not understand why some of you think being left wing and full of passion charging about as an activist is something you should 'grow out of'. That's the crux of it really, especially given that the extremes of wealth and poverty in this country are heading back to Victorian levels and the old Victorian diseases are coming back...
We really do need to beat Burnely on Saturday............
Well, here you go then!
There are a few antisemites/conspiracy theorists in the Labour Party, I have met a couple, they are complete nutters. Some have been thrown out, a few more need to be. They are very nasty. I honestly don't know why they were ever let in. They seem to believe that all the capitalists in the world are Jewish and that Israel runs everything. But there are very few of them.
There are loads of anti Zionists (most of them actually Jewish) who have been called 'antisemites' because they don't support the current policies of Israel. The weaponisation of the hideous crime of antisemitism by the representatives of the 72% of Jews who support the Tories (and many the horrendous policies of the current Israeli government) as a point-scoring stick to beat the Labour party with is contemptible, opportunist and very dangerous. I have met the real far right anti semites at first hand, had my gigs targeted, been attacked by them. That is where the real threat comes from. I support Jewish Voice For Labour, and for the record, I loathe Hamas, as I loathe all religious fundamentalism, fully support both the necessity for a Jewish homeland after the Holocaust and a sovereign Palestinian state and therefore support a 2 state solution.
As for the other stuff (being 'dumb and out of touch' and Labour being 'unelectable') I can only repeat that, at the last election, we got 40% of the vote and made inroads in areas previously unheard of. We reduced Tim Loughton's majority by ten thousand here in EWS. What do you mean? Do you honestly think a pragmatic, centrist party led by Umanna and co would get more votes? You might be more likely to vote for them, but they wouldn't - the young would desert us in droves for the Greens, as i voted Green after Blair's criminal, illegal and undemocratic intervention in Iraq. So many are angry beyond belief at the crap, divisive world we have bequeathed them, at the opportunities we had they are now denied , and want real change. It's not about Corbyn. It's about what he represents...
And that, I feel, is the crux of the matter. It is only natural to approch the broad questions from your own perspective: perhaps you mean that at 61 I am out of touch with the majority of my generation. I fully accept that. But I'm certainly not out of touch with the views of the generation below, mine represent them more than yours do, and they, for obvious reasons, are the future. I can't believe how the hippies and punks came to this, and wonder why I, and an energetic minority my age, are so different: I literally do not understand why some of you think being left wing and full of passion charging about as an activist is something you should 'grow out of'. That's the crux of it really, especially given that the extremes of wealth and poverty in this country are heading back to Victorian levels and the old Victorian diseases are coming back...
We really do need to beat Burnely on Saturday............
