In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
When you open sluice gates nasty stuff flows out
Last week’s EHRC statement on anti-semitism in Labour is based on flawed premises and has led to an undemocratic enforcement of ideological purity within the party, writes MIKE CUSHMAN of Jewish Voice for Labour
LAST week the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) gave the Labour Party a “clean bill of health” on dealing with anti-semitism.
Its statement is based on two falsehoods and has led to a growing crisis of party democracy.
First, that there was a major problem of anti-semitism to be cured.
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