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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • I was referencing (a) Shaheen who liked a tweet saying "Every time you say something even mildly critical of Israel, you’re immediately assailed by scores of hysterical people who explain to you why you’re completely wrong, how you’re biased against Israel.

    “Moreover, you can’t easily ignore them because those are not just random people. They tend to be friends or people who move in the same circles as you.

    Those people are mobilised by professional organisations." . Now whether or not I agree with her viewpoint it would so clearly be twisted by the right wing media to hurl claims of antisemitism at the labour party again. When we as a party have worked so hard to get away from that smear you have to be more careful than that.

    And (b) Lloyd Russell-Moyle who has had a behavioural complaint made against him. Again, it does look to be timed in such a way as to punish Russell-Moyle whatever conclusion the NEC come to as his seat will have already gone to another MP, but equally, do we want a party that don’t investigate such things, or try to sweep them under the carpet? BBC News - www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5114q1x09eo

    I hadn’t heard of Akehurst before your comment, and have to say I’m very disappointed that he’s been selected, given both of the rows I’ve referenced I don’t think he should have been. Thank you for bringing him to my attention.


  • I like the idea, but it would have to work perfectly otherwise politicians would get very very upset when it didn’t work correctly and it could never work perfectly enough live.

    We just need interlocutors who are willing to break in and say, “What you have just said has been proven to not be true, please try to be truthful to the electorate.” every time they lie.