27-07-2018, 00:07
I think it is abundantly clear at this point, when so many major Jewish bodies have come out and condemned the Labour party over it's failure to address anti Semitism and for it to miss the open goal of adopting the definition of anti Semitism set forth by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance that you have to admit that The Labour Party is now an anti Semitic party. It doesn't matter about Corbyn's intent, it doesn't matter how committed he claims to be, how it might only be prevalent in a minority of members of the party or Momentum, the fact of that matter is that the leadership is allowing an environment for it to flourish and if so many official Jewish bodies are united against the actions of the party you have to listen and accept what they are saying
The advance of the far left goes further than just anti Semitism as the movement around it acts in the same way as the far right does, it latches on to the same sense of populism and looks to exploit it. It uses similar techniques as the far right, defending itself with whataboutry, when the subject of anti Semitism is brought up in the Labour party they deflect with "What about Islamophobia in The Tory Party?" or "What about Palestine?" the same techniques are deployed by the likes of Sean Hannity on Fox News when trying to defend Trump "What about Hilary's emails?"
They seek to delegitimise the mainstream media with claims of bias, right wingers think the BBC is left wing, left wingers think the BBC is neo-liberal right wing. The absolute joke of hysteria surrounding Newsnight and their graphic of Corbyn wearing a hat was beyond beggars belief and just like the far right they seek to replace mainstream media with their own echo chambers: Novaro Media, The Young Turks, The Canary
Both have a vast army of people online through social media looking to troll and harass anyone who speaks out against their cult like leaders
What we are seeing in the Labour Party in regards to Brexit is an absolute shambles, no matter how many people from different political spectrums voted for it Brexit is rooted in far right ideology and will always be far right and to see the Labour Party fail to oppose the Tories has been disgraceful. We have seen Jeremy Corbyn tell the same lies as Farage or Iain Duncan Smith about how free movement of people has led to the undercutting of wages, in what is an attempt to pander to the millions of traditional Labour voters in the Northern heartlands who voted UKIP in the 2015 General Election. During Blair's leadership Labour were seen by many on the left as the Red Tories, now under Corbyn Labour are becoming Red Kippers
There is a theory in politics, which I am sure many of you know, that is the Horseshoe Theory that suggest that the far right and the far left rather than being at opposite and opposing ends of a linear political continuum, in fact closely resemble one another, much like the ends of a horseshoe.
It seems to me that this is where our political discourse is heading or already is as in the wake of 2008 Financial Crisis and Brexit both major parties seek to embrace populism
The advance of the far left goes further than just anti Semitism as the movement around it acts in the same way as the far right does, it latches on to the same sense of populism and looks to exploit it. It uses similar techniques as the far right, defending itself with whataboutry, when the subject of anti Semitism is brought up in the Labour party they deflect with "What about Islamophobia in The Tory Party?" or "What about Palestine?" the same techniques are deployed by the likes of Sean Hannity on Fox News when trying to defend Trump "What about Hilary's emails?"
They seek to delegitimise the mainstream media with claims of bias, right wingers think the BBC is left wing, left wingers think the BBC is neo-liberal right wing. The absolute joke of hysteria surrounding Newsnight and their graphic of Corbyn wearing a hat was beyond beggars belief and just like the far right they seek to replace mainstream media with their own echo chambers: Novaro Media, The Young Turks, The Canary
Both have a vast army of people online through social media looking to troll and harass anyone who speaks out against their cult like leaders
What we are seeing in the Labour Party in regards to Brexit is an absolute shambles, no matter how many people from different political spectrums voted for it Brexit is rooted in far right ideology and will always be far right and to see the Labour Party fail to oppose the Tories has been disgraceful. We have seen Jeremy Corbyn tell the same lies as Farage or Iain Duncan Smith about how free movement of people has led to the undercutting of wages, in what is an attempt to pander to the millions of traditional Labour voters in the Northern heartlands who voted UKIP in the 2015 General Election. During Blair's leadership Labour were seen by many on the left as the Red Tories, now under Corbyn Labour are becoming Red Kippers
There is a theory in politics, which I am sure many of you know, that is the Horseshoe Theory that suggest that the far right and the far left rather than being at opposite and opposing ends of a linear political continuum, in fact closely resemble one another, much like the ends of a horseshoe.
It seems to me that this is where our political discourse is heading or already is as in the wake of 2008 Financial Crisis and Brexit both major parties seek to embrace populism