How many Jews have ever been members of the Bullingdon Club? I mean that as an entirely serious question.
If anything, so long as they came from old princely families in Arabia or on the Subcontinent, then Muslims would be far more likely to get in.
Pretty much by definition, rich Jews are "trade". And we all know what the likes of David Cameron think of that.
Naz Shah's own party is not alone in having questions to answer about her. For example, Louise Mensch jetted in especially to support her.
The right-wing press and blogosphere, of all parties, howled in support of Shah because of who she was not, and they went bananas with joy when she won.
What do they have to say for themselves now?
What do you find so bad about what she said?
ReplyDeleteThe fact that she said it.
DeleteI don't care about her, but I do care about Jeremy Corbyn and I think we all need to stand up to the "intolerable chantage" of false antisemitism accusations, which are a McCarthyite attack on the left.
DeleteThey are, but you have to pick your fights. She is not worth saving.
DeleteSo even after selection by the local Party and a victory at the ballot box, the Israel lobby still has a veto on who can and cannot represent Labour in Parliament? As you say, serious question.....
ReplyDeleteI don't like it (mind you, I don't like her, either), but it's reality. That is why, if she had been vetted properly, then she would never have been selected.
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