[karlt]

Indeed, having had a poke around the site it does seem to be on the lookout for ways to bash Islam and excuse Islamophobia.

[visage]

So Williamson will have his fate decided at todays NEC meeting. Hard to see how he can stay, both politically and morally.

Which obviously means he will.

I think the party leadership would happily cut him adrift, but the NEC is packed with loons who communicate entirely via hashtag.

[mattomac]

He has gone thankfully....

[Boiler]

So, that's Williamson and Godsiff binned...

[bluebellnutter]

Is Chris Williamson's deselection thus the first successful deselection of an MP stemming from his "democracy roadshow"?

[Boiler]

So, that's Williamson and Godsiff binned...

...along with Stephen Hepburn.

[visage]

It keeps happening...

[The Weeping Angel]

What does?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Assume it was this.

[Tubby Isaacs]

In the meantime, this isn't very good.

[The Weeping Angel]

Pull the other one.

https://labourlist.org/2019/11/labours- ... ism-claim/

Labour’s parliamentary candidate for the Tory seat of Clacton has withdrawn his bid after being accused of antisemitism.

Gideon Bull, who currently serves as a Labour councillor in Haringey, admitted using the term “Shylock” during a private meeting – but said he did know the Shakespearean character was Jewish.

The councillor also said he was not using the term to describe Zena Brabazon – another Labour councillor, and the deputy leader, who is Jewish – but employed it as an analogy.

“I used an analogy when referring to a housing decision being called in by backbenchers. I was not referring to the councillor, who was not part of the call in,” Bull said in a statement.

[youngian]

Labour councillor in Haringey, admitted using the term “Shylock” during a private meeting – but said he did know the Shakespearean character was Jewish.

That doesn’t make sense so I assume that’s a typo and he ‘didn’t know the Shakespearean character was Jewish.’ What a lying prick.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I don't think Labour can be aware of some of the social media stuff. But this came to light in August.

https://www.onlondon.co.uk/haringey-lab ... colleague/

And he was a candidate until today? That really isn't very good at all.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

The local party chair and officers are required to make a search of a prospective candidate's social media. But it's a bit hard, and well, they probably didn't mean anything by it, so we'll just skip that bit...


I've done it. It's a pain, but a necessary one.

[The Weeping Angel]

Well this seems to be a sensible response.