Thursday 19 July 2018

By publicly calling Jeremy Corbyn a "Fucking antisemite and a racist” Margaret Hodge has brought the Labour Party into disrepute

"The new code of conduct drawn up by Labour officials in the wake of protests by Jewish groups against antisemitism this year, states criticism of the state of Israel and its policies should not automatically be regarded as antisemitic."
No country, including the UK, should be beyond criticism and reproach for its actions and policies. The Labour Party obviously also holds to this basic tenet, freedom of speech.
Yesterday in parliament Margaret Hodge exercised her right to freedom of speech. In a fit of vitriolic rage, she called the leader of her political party, Jeremy Corbyn, a "fucking antisemite and a racist”. Hodge chose her moment by challenging Corbyn out of sight of cameras behind the Speaker's Chair in the House of Commons following the close vote on Brexit.  
Hodge has not hidden her anti-Corbyn sentiments in the past. Indeed, she and Corbyn have a long history of fighting from opposite sides of the Labour Party for years in Islington. 
However, when any of us exercise our right to free speech, we must also accept that with this freedom comes responsibility. So Margaret, feel free to vent your vitriolic spleen, but you will now have to face up the Labour Party's disciplinary rules.

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