Anti-Semitism in Labour? Not really a problem, at all
Labour’s Fake Anti-Semitism (AS)- the figures
Formby – 11 Feb: figures show that since April 2018:
1,106 complaints lodged
433 relate to non-Labour members
96 members suspended
146 written warning
211 served notice of investigation
220 had insufficient evidence
– 99.9% of Labour members have never been accused of antisemitism (550,000 members)
– a huge proportion of claims about ‘Labour’ behaviour doesn’t involve Labour members at all
– around a third of complaints that do involve Labour members are so unfounded that they didn’t stand up to the first level of scrutiny
Skwawkbox’s excellent piece says much.
The most obvious conclusions to draw from the figures are that:
– 99.9% of Labour members have never been accused of antisemitism
– a huge proportion of claims about ‘Labour’ behaviour doesn’t involve Labour members at all
– around a third of complaints that do involve Labour members are so unfounded that they didn’t stand up to the first level of scrutiny
– Labour’s administration under Jennie Formby has made huge inroads into the issue
– most of the old cases that took a long time to deal with were accumulated on former general secretary Iain McNicol’s watch
None of these obvious conclusions are likely to receive a mention in the so-called ‘mainstream media’.
“The AS data released on Monday night suggests there are, since April, 211 cases of Party members being investigated for AS. My suspicion is that many are, like me, being investigated and targeted because of the bogus IHRA definition – we have criticised Israel. I believe there are therefore hundreds being witch-hunted in Labour, plus more in the unions. I have the dubious honour of being witch-hunted by both” – Peter Gregson.