{"id":196666,"date":"2023-12-06T14:09:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T14:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=196666"},"modified":"2023-12-06T14:09:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T14:09:32","slug":"diane-abbott-brutally-shut-down-by-antisemitism-campaigner-over-corbyns-labour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/politics\/diane-abbott-brutally-shut-down-by-antisemitism-campaigner-over-corbyns-labour\/","title":{"rendered":"Diane Abbott brutally shut down by antisemitism campaigner over Corbyn\u2019s Labour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diane Abbott receives riposte over antisemitism in Labour<\/h3>\n

A senior anti-Semitism campaigner shut down Diane Abbott this morning with a scathing jab at her role in Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s Labour Party.<\/p>\n

Gideon Falter, the Chief Executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, had been called to give evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee around the policing of recent Palestine protests in London and other major UK cities.<\/p>\n

Mr Falter was arguing in favour of the police banning marches when Ms Abbott asked whether he and the Campaign Against Antisemitism want \u201cmarches of this kind completely banned\u201d.<\/p>\n

The prominent Jewish campaigner responded with scathing fury to Ms Abbott, pointing out: \u201cWe know very well you didn\u2019t see anti-Semitism at all in the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2016, Ms Abbott told Andrew Marr that it was a \u201csmear against ordinary party members\u201d to suggest \u201cthat the Labour Party has a problem with anti-Semitism\u201d.<\/p>\n

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In October 2020, the Equality and Human Rights Commission said the Labour Party had breached the equalities act, and there had been \u201cserious failings in the Labour Party leadership in addressing anti-Semitism\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Falter’s apparent attack on Ms Abbott led to gasps in the committee room before he went on to ask whether she had attended the national march against antisemitism that took place just over a week ago.<\/p>\n

Ms Abbott hit back, asking whether he was able to answer the question.<\/p>\n

He replied: \u201cYes I am able to answer it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very well familiar in the Jewish community with your particular contribution to the fight against antisemitism in this country.<\/p>\n

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