I was a member of the London Labour Board when Ray Collins gave us a presentation of his Review into Labour Party Reform. At the time there was concern amongst the board members at the party's ability to control the proposed £3 members.
Even prior to the £3 membership there were reports from social media of Conservative and other righ-leaning people stating that they would join as £3 members in order to cause trouble and sow confusion in the Labour ranks.
Therefore, when Jenny Fornby looked into the 200 complaints lodged by Margaret Hodge it was unsurprising that only 10% of the number were Labour Party members.
No Party, or individual, can fully police or control the actions of those whose only agenda is to create trouble. The figures Formby has published thus far do show that anti-Semitism exists in the Labour Party - and one anti-Semite, one racist, one misogynist, one disablist, one homophobe is, in each case, one too many.
However, the numbers of ASs in the party do not reflect the levels of this scourge claimed by some Labour MPs. Nor do they warrant the scale of reporting by our, mostly, biased media.
As LP GS, Jenny Formby is forging ahead and doing her level best to wipe out AS within the LP. It is a shame that the previous GS, Ian McNicol, wasn't as vigilant in dealing with reported cases of AS on his watch.
Even prior to the £3 membership there were reports from social media of Conservative and other righ-leaning people stating that they would join as £3 members in order to cause trouble and sow confusion in the Labour ranks.
Therefore, when Jenny Fornby looked into the 200 complaints lodged by Margaret Hodge it was unsurprising that only 10% of the number were Labour Party members.
No Party, or individual, can fully police or control the actions of those whose only agenda is to create trouble. The figures Formby has published thus far do show that anti-Semitism exists in the Labour Party - and one anti-Semite, one racist, one misogynist, one disablist, one homophobe is, in each case, one too many.
However, the numbers of ASs in the party do not reflect the levels of this scourge claimed by some Labour MPs. Nor do they warrant the scale of reporting by our, mostly, biased media.
As LP GS, Jenny Formby is forging ahead and doing her level best to wipe out AS within the LP. It is a shame that the previous GS, Ian McNicol, wasn't as vigilant in dealing with reported cases of AS on his watch.
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