Labour MP warns some party members will NEVER take anti-Semitism seriously because it’s a ‘key part of their anti-capitalist beliefs’
Siobhan McDonagh attacked some anti Capitalits who see Jewish people as the financiers of capital as she attacked entryists into the Labour Party
Some hard left Labour factions will never be able to take anti-Semitism seriously because it is a core part of their anti-capitalist beliefs, one of the party’s MPs has claimed.
Siobhain McDonagh said that hardline entryists into the party had a mindset ‘to be against capitalists and to see Jewish people as the financiers of capital’.
The Mitcham and Morden MP, a critic of party leader Jeremy Corbyn, hit out as the party’s furious long-running row over anti-Semitism showed no sign of calming down.
Asked by BBC Radio 4’s Today programme whether she thought the party was
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Mr Corbyn has found himself and his leadership at the centre of an ongoing and furious row over allegations of anti-Semitism in the party and how they are dealt with
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Chris Williamson was suspended by the party last week after saying it had been ‘too apologetic’ about the issue, sparking a massive backlash from MPs
“Because it’s very much part of their politics, of hard left politics, to be against capitalists and to see Jewish people as the financiers of capital. Ergo you are anti-Jewish people.’
