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In reply to the discussion: Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, London Mayoral, Local Government and PCC elections [View all]Denzil_DC
(7,241 posts)29. OK, he just happened to have a TV camera crew in tow ...
Sorry, don't buy it. He's a track record of speaking out on antisemitism, yes, but that doesn't prevent his being an opportunist in this case, not to mention almost totally out of control face-to-face with an old, old adversary.
As for one of the main transgressions Shah is supposed to have committed, Mike Sivier points out that she Facebook liked a Norman Finkelstein blog post: http://voxpoliticalonline.com/2016/04/30/nobody-bothered-to-check-who-created-that-anti-semitic-image-naz-shah-retweeted-did-they/
I don't agree with everything in this Open Democracy article, but Adam Ramsay hits a few salient points: https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/adam-ramsay/multiple-truths-of-labour-antisemitism-story#.VyNq4_NCq84.twitter
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Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, London Mayoral, Local Government and PCC elections [View all]
T_i_B
Apr 2016
OP
Is Zac Goldsmith related to the Goldsmith who led the "Referendum Party" in the Nineties?
Ken Burch
Apr 2016
#18
Bexley...is that the area that used to be Edward Heath's parliamentary constituency? n/t.
Ken Burch
Apr 2016
#11
I always thought "Old Bexley and Sidcup" sounded like a couple of Beatrix Potter characters.
Ken Burch
Apr 2016
#17
I think that Sidcup sounds more like an overweight elf vainly attempting to perch on a flower.
non sociopath skin
Apr 2016
#22
Labour is going to lose badly in Scotland again...and Corbyn is blameless for that.
Ken Burch
Apr 2016
#16
There are also by-elections in Ogmore and Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
muriel_volestrangler
May 2016
#43
Denzil, I'd be really interested in your views as to why Labour are in freefall in Scotland.
non sociopath skin
May 2016
#50