I am deeply honoured to have been elected as the
@UKLabour
Councillor for Whetstone ward in the newly Labour borough of Barnet with
@vellstells
. Thank you to all those who have placed their trust in us, we’ll work everyday to make Whetstone the very best it can be.
@BarnetLabour
As a Jewish resident of London and an elected Councillor in our great city let me say clearly. London is not a no-go area for Jews. Our community is facing unprecedented levels of antisemitism but we are still thriving in the country we have called home for many generations.
Under
@jeremycorbyn
’s leadership of
@UKLabour
I have experienced more antisemitic abuse than I ever thought possible. Time and time again Corbyn has sided with the abusers not me. I have no confidence in him and neither does
@JewishLabour
.
#JLM2019
Nobody from
@JewishLabour
wanted to refer
@UKLabour
to the
@EHRC
. We spent three years pleading with the leadership to listen to the Jewish community and the victims of antisemitism and act in good faith. They didn’t. Brave whistleblowers have spoken out. This is the result.
Many thanks to the lovely cashier in
@Tesco
this morning who gave me a free bunch of flowers to cheer up my grandparents' day. I know how much they'll appreciate it
We are faced with an imminent election after a decade of Tory devastation. The choice is Johnson or Corbyn - and you choose to sit on the fence.
Imagine writing that Jeremy Corbyn has spent decades “not confronting antisemitism and Holocaust deniers”... demonstratively false.
Super proud to have been a small part of the mass vaccinating of 11,000 people at Twickenham today with
@stjohnambulance
. So uplifting to see young people getting their jabs and ignoring the nonsense from Piers Corbyn and co outside.
#VaccinesWork
Luciana is a hero to an entire generation of young Jewish women. That will never change. Her bravery and grace in the face of unimaginable abuse, whilst campaigning for positive and lasting change, has been nothing short of inspirational.
I for one am rather confused how any antisemitism case can be heard under the current system when the EHRC literally found it unlawful that the panel members hadn't had training on antisemitism. Might just be me.
You attended the memorial of terrorists who castrated, tortured and murdered Israeli athletes. Yes, shit is happening in Israel, but that’s really not the point right now. The words you’re looking for are “I’m sorry (and I accept IHRA etc etc)”
Israeli PM
@Netanyahu
's claims about my actions and words are false.
What deserves unequivocal condemnation is the killing of over 160 Palestinian protesters in Gaza by Israeli forces since March, including dozens of children.
Honoured to have been selected with
@vellstells
to fight the new marginal ward of Whetstone for
@UKLabour
in next May’s council elections.
Let’s build a better Barnet, together🌹
The Chief Rabbi is a thoughtful and measured man. He's not in it for the glory or fame, he's a religious man in fear for his community.
Read what he has to say in good faith. It's unprecedented
READ: “The way in which the leadership of the Labour Party has dealt with anti-Jewish racism is incompatible with the British values of which we are so proud”
Read the Chief Rabbi’s article in today’s Times
Full article:
The response? We won’t “defend the indefensible”. I’ll believe that when I see it. Maybe
@UKLabour
can start by releasing their submission to the
@EHRC
, telling members how much of their money is being spent on NDAs silencing their former staff & paying for expensive lawyers
I just asked
#lab19
how much money has been spent on fighting the statutory investigation by the
@EHRC
into institutional antisemitism. The response said that
@UKLabour
wouldn’t “defend the indefensible”. It’s years too late for that.
Antisemitism is not a smear. Those speaking out do not do so through factionalism or political motivation, it’s a minority community speaking out in fear about the oppression and racism they face. If you can’t understand that, then it’s pretty clear you’re not a true socialist.
The future of Venezuela is a matter for Venezuelans.
@Jeremy_Hunt
's call for more sanctions on Venezuela is wrong. We oppose outside interference in Venezuela, whether from the US or anywhere else.
There needs to be dialogue and a negotiated settlement to overcome the crisis.
As Hezbollah flags fly in the streets of our Capital today just remember the many terror attacks carried out in their name and how many Jews they’ve murdered. If Hezbollah don’t discriminate between their military and political wings, why does our government?
It’s actually 5 people who have been convicted for antisemitism against Luciana and at least one of them was a former Labour member. At least @
@lucianaberger
if you’re going to spread mistruths about her.
2 men have been locked up for making threats to Luciana Berger. Both were on the far-right - yet I've heard more condemnation of Wavertree CLP.
Meanwhile a 'Brexiteer' punches Corbyn at a mosque. The media says virtually nothing.
Why the free pass for the far-right? Concerning.
It’s been well over three years since I felt comfortable or confident enough to attend a CLP meeting.
Really excited to have been elected tonight as Women’s Officer for
@FGGLabour
and to get stuck in to my new local CLP 🌹💃
Hearing a wreath was laid outside the
@labourstudents
disco. An improvement on their faction laying wreaths for terrorists who murdered innocent athletes at the Munich Olympics.
FBI Data Shows Plenty Of Vandalism, Little Violence Against U.S. Jews American Jewish Committee say problem is real but warn against exaggerated fears "Kristallnacht doesn’t seem to be around the corner,”
One of the greatest shames about
@UKLabour
’s institutional antisemitism is that there won’t be the next generation of Louises and Lucianas. Young Jewish progressives have been bullied out or are too scared to get involved. The future of our country will pay the price.
Many of my community will have spent many hours on security this
#YomKippur
. Tragically, it’s hugely needed as the events in Halle have shown us. Thanks to
@CST_UK
for keeping us safe these holy days. Take antisemitism seriously. Listen to Jews.
In synagogue this morning, someone asked my mum what my “take” on all this
@UKLabour
news was. In case it wasn’t completely apparent, I’m absolutely furious, devastated, disappointed and even more determined to make my Party a safe space for Jews, all in equal measure
Delighted to have been accepted on to
@UKLabour
’s Future Candidates Programme, get stuck in, learn all there is to learn and take it to the
#labourdoorstep
After 4 fab years today is my last day
@HolocaustUK
. It's been a huge privilege to work with such a dedicated team and the remarkable Holocaust survivors who share their testimonies. As the Holocaust fades from living memory, protecting its truth has never been more important.
A
@UKLabour
affiliate for a century, the Jewish Labour Movement will hold a no-confidence vote in Jeremy Corbyn tonight after a rise of anti-semitism by the party's hard-Left insurgents.
And Theresa May has given him legitimacy by handing over the keys to Brexit... Unbelievable!
Very proud to have been a very small part of such an important programme, speaking truth to power. Thank you to those who took such time to make it what it was, and to the whistleblowers who so bravely spoke out
Delighted by the news today that Panorama, “Is Labour Anti-Semitic?” has just been shortlisted for the 2019 British Journalism Awards in two categories. Investigation of the Yesr and Politics Journalism.
The Labour People’s Choice MP of the Year Award this year has been awarded to the fantastic Luciana Berger MP - a big thank you from us and all the people who’s lives you’ve impacted through the work you do
@lucianaberger
#MPoftheYearAwards
@UKLabour
Honoured to have made the top 20 in the
@JewishNewsUK
#40under40
alongside so many who I’m lucky to work with in building a vibrant and diverse Jewish community
Proud to have played a small part in this powerful and important documentary. It was incredibly hard to film, but important to tell the story of antisemitism in the Labour Party.
Our documentary, 'Is Labour Anti-Semitic?,' has been nominated for a
@BAFTA
.
Interviewing key insiders and accessing confidential communications and documents, we showed how the anti-Semitism crisis gripped Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party.
WATCH HERE:
Remember that time 68 Rabbonim from all denominations of Judaism signed an open letter together for the first time ever? Yeah, me too.
It was on Labour antisemitism.
Call me the next time liberal and ultra-orthodox Rabbis agree on anything.
Diane Abbott insists Labour is "still doing everything we can" to stamp out antisemitism in the party.
She adds: "It's not every element of the Jewish community that believes Jeremy is an anti-semite."
#today
Really proud to have been elected as Co-Chair of
@LGBTLabourLDN
with the brilliant
@OliverKasin
. Thanks to
@kira_millana
, who I have the upmost respect for, for all their hard work. Can’t wait to get on with the role, hopefully with better times ahead, and re-elect
@SadiqKhan
!
Louise Ellman is the true meaning of eshet chayil, a woman of worth. She is the backbone
@JewishLabour
has stood upon.
@UKLabour
owes her a huge debt for her decades of service. Another Jewish woman bullied out.
I have made the truly agonising decision to leave the Labour Party after 55 years. I can no longer advocate voting Labour when it risks Corbyn becoming PM. I will continue to serve the people of Liverpool Riverside as I have had the honour to do since 1997.
Really radical suggestion here. Do your due diligence before you shortlist? That way you don't have antisemites and homophobes running to represent the Party you attempt to claim is the Party of equality
London Young Labour endorses
@RLong_Bailey
for leadership of the Labour Party.
We urge all members to join her campaign. If you want to join LYL's campaign and get on our broadcast list, fill out our form:
Together, we can do this ✊
Want to ensure action is taken against antisemitism in the Labour Party? Join
@JewishLabour
and have your say in shaping the future direction of
@UKLabour
.
In the past few days, hundreds of new and returning members alongside allies have joined JLM in the hope that Labour will now move to take the decisive action it needs against antisemitism, and to renew our Party for the challenges ahead
Join us:
The one we've been waiting for and it doesn't disappoint.
Kersal (Salford)
41% Jewish (largest proportion in UK)
Cons: 56.4% (+13.4)
Lab: 25.1% (-23.3)
Others: 18.5% (+10.7)
Cons GAIN from Lab
Another damning nail in the coffin of the claims that
@UKLabour
is the party of equality. 50 years on from Stonewall & our country’s supposedly progressive party has an MP defending homophobes and CLPs that do this. Suspend Godsiff and put this CLP in special measures. For shame.
After a summer of rampant antisemitism in
@UKLabour
it’s a disgrace that
@HolocaustUK
wasn’t asked to speak from the Conference floor. Instead they paid to host a fringe. It’s time for actions not words & some moral leadership to be shown. It’s not hard to get this right
#Lab18
Jess Phillips: Labour has caused Jews huge pain. Help me ensure we're never in that position again
This is the bar for Labour leadership candidates. Everyone else needs to meet it, and fast.
via
@jewishchron
So does Chris Williamson fall under the category of "220 members were judged not to breach party rules" because he's definitely a member, and there have definitely been complaints so...
Today is
#HolocaustMemorialDay
. Last year, at
@HolocaustUK
, we supported three survivors to write in the papers. One year on, all three have passed away, Freddie Knoller BEM yesterday. Today, I remember them & their stories. I will share them because they can't.
Andrew became the face of a morally corrupt leadership when he appeared on
@BBCPanorama
. He defended the indefensible, and attacked the whistleblowers who bravely stood up against institutional racism. It is right he goes.
Labour rightly listening to the Muslin community as they define the racism they are victims of. This didn't happen for the Jewish community. We were not trusted to define antisemitism. That itself, is rooted in age old accusations of dual loyalty. Racism.
Honoured to have made my first speech as the
@UKLabour
Councillor for
#Whetstone
@BarnetCouncil
on retrofitting and upgrading our homes. We are facing a dual cost of living and climate crisis, we must tackle them with equal haste.
@BarnetLabour
Delighted to be re-elected Co-Chair of
@LGBTLabourLDN
and to bring onboard a fabulous new committee to drive forward LGBT+ Labour in London and the South East
There cannot be one rule for the comrades & one rule for everyone else. The left need to learn that when Jewish people speak out against antisemitism, we do not do so for political gain, but because we are the victims of racism
Me for
@jewishchron
.
@EmilyThornberry
at
#LabLon17
: many Jewish voters don’t believe
@UKLabour
are strong enough against antisemitism, not just in words but in actions as well. We must stamp out antisemitism wherever we find it
Corbyn’s plans will cost me the undeniable and deep-rooted fear of my family, friends, community and in particular, my grandparents that someone who they view as an antisemite, will be in power.
For a Party under investigation for institutional antisemitism, throwing out one of the few sections of the Party the Jewish community trusts says it all. Factional bullshit & malicious totalitarian control. The shame. Thank you
@LabourStudents
for your friendship & support.
Jenny Manson, chair of
@JVoiceLabour
just compared the IHRA definition of Antisemitism to the Tories’ Section 28, which saw the promotion of homosexuality banned.
This is absolutely sickening, Jenny should be ashamed of herself.
How dare she.
As we mark the 50th anniversary of Pride in London we must remember that whilst we have come far, there is still a long way to go. Thanks
@Keir_Starmer
for giving the time to think about the progress that needs to be made under the next
@UKLabour
government 🏳️🌈
I could not be prouder of this exceptional young woman, who inspires me every day as her older sister. Mazel tov
@hannah1_rose
, 1st in
@JewishNewsUK
25under25, so unbelievably well deserved
Don’t get me wrong, it’s great that Chris Williamson has finally been suspended but it just be polite if
@labourwhips
could reply to
@JewishLabour
’s letter dated 2nd August 2018 asking for exactly that.
Four years ago today
#Lab17
passed a rule change by 96.28% to make discrimination against minorities a specific named disciplinary offence. It didn’t work. The antisemitism got worse. The EHRC had to step in. Today,
#Lab21
must vote through these legally mandated changes
Today Labour Party Conference will vote on the rule changes mandated by the EHRC to reform our disciplinary process.
This is a huge moment for our Party where delegates must affirm their commitment to anti-racism.
Conference must support the Constitutional Amendments.
#Lab21
I can’t see history judging a man who lost two elections, presided over a institution so antisemitic that the EHRC was forced to open a statutory investigation and Jewish women were bullied out, very kindly. But hey, maybe that’s just me. Bye Corbyn. I won’t miss you.
A huge mazel tov to
@jrosentweets
on this election as
@UJS_UK
. Makes this has-been proud to see an openly LGBT+ President, something I wish I could have been at the time, but wasn't ready to be. Best of luck!
Hi
@lara_eleanor
. You said you'd called Willsman out on his original tirade. Will you condemn this filthy antisemitism and recommend he is suspended from
@UKLabour
pending a full investigation?
NEW: Labour's Pete Willsman recorded saying:
- Israeli embassy whipping up anti-Semitism claims to attack Labour.
- Party staffers work "indirectly" for embassy.
- 68 rabbis "organised" by embassy to complain about "severe" anti-Semitism within Labour.
!
Susan Hall suggests at CFI fringe that some in London’s Jewish communities are “frightened” about “divisive”
@SadiqKhan
“1 of the most important things that we can do when I become Mayor of London is make it safer for everybody, but particularly for our Jewish communities…
Super proud to have done my first shift as a volunteer vaccinator with
@stjohnambulance
and to play my part alongside our remarkable healthcare professionals. Let’s get the nation vaccinated!
#VaccinesWork
Tonight isn’t about our individual misgivings on affiliation, it’s about our collective responsibility as a movement. As long as one
@JewishLabour
member remains a member of
@UKLabour
, JLM has a duty of care to support them through the hell we all know they’ll be going through
A brilliant day on the
#LabourDoorstep
in Whetstone. Thanks to
@JewishLabour
for coming from almost all boroughs in North London to support
@vellstells
and I. Hundreds of doors knocked on and so many voting for a better Barnet with
@BarnetLabour
I would not have been marching at
@PrideInLondon
today because I would have been at
@glastonbury
but here’s a reminder that LGBT+ inclusive education is still needed
"My ask of you today is simple — share my story and remember my family who were murdered by the Nazis... And build a future that we can all be proud of."
Today is
#HolocaustMemorialDay
.
Read & share this piece by Holocaust survivor Freddie Knoller BEM -
Cases of Labour members have been passed to the CPS so charges can be brought.
Cases Labour’s NEC, including a certain Labour leadership candidate, didn’t think antisemitic.
Time for a change in leadership and a truly independent process free from political game playing.
@LBC
Met Commissioner Cressida Dick tells
@LBC
the police have passed five files to the Crown Prosecution Service to decide whether they will bring charges against Labour party members (now former) alleged to have committed anti-Semitic hate crime.
Signed out of my
@JewishLabour
emails and laptop for the last time. I refer you to
@pejmason
with all your Jewish
@UKLabour
related questions and/or woes. Thanks to all who came to drinks last night, you’re all appreciated massively
The Jewish community have spoken out on the intolerable situation in
@UKLabour
. Some will face far worse abuse than others. My complete solidarity
@lucianaberger
,
@alexsobel
and all the Jewish Labour MPs. They deserve nothing less than our complete admiration.
There’s a video circulating this evening where a certain political leader tries to gaslight my community. It’s disingenuous bullshit. I won’t share it.
A year after we met with Jeremy Corbyn to discuss anti-Jewish racism in the Labour Party, we have not seen nearly enough action. Please share this video as a reminder of our frustration & a reminder of his unfulfilled promises.
#EnoughisEnough
#OneYearOn
Refusing
@JewishLabour
’s offer to run training for officers and trying to censor it before conferences comes down to one thing alone. Factionalism over fighting racism. Enough is enough
Our response to
@JennieGenSec
regarding her comments on education & training in
@UKLabour
.
"We reject entirely the suggestion, made for the second time by the Labour Party, that it knows better than the Jewish community what counts as "world class" ways to combat antisemitism."
Delighted to have proposed this motion welcoming the indomitable
@LouiseEllman
back to
@UKLabour
. As the country’s most Jewish CLP, we have a duty to lead from the front, show we have learnt from the mistakes of the past & prove we can be better. Thanks to all those who supported
The suspension of parliament by Boris Johnson is reprehensible and undemocratic.
However, likening this to Hitler and Nazi Germany is deeply inappropriate and a disgraceful minimisation of some of the most heinous crimes in human history.
A packed out fringe for
@HolocaustUK
with standing room only. Needless to say more than a few
@UKLabour
members could do with hearing a Holocaust survivor. HET has never been more important.
A day of two parts. Incredible euphoria about the victory of light over darkness in the USA but deep devastation at the loss of a true leader of global faith - Rabbi Lord Sacks z”l. Baruch Dayan Ha’Emet
Excuse me whilst I schlep even more nachas over my very talented and impressive sister,
@hannah1_rose
, a guest of the Queen for tea at Buckingham Palace, as
@UJS_PRES