Some thoughts on the events of today:

1) The EHRC report itself didn't say anything Jews on the left didn't know/everyone else should have known: Labour has an anti-Semitism problem and institutionally failed to deal with it.

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2) The precise 'legal findings' feel somewhat irrelevant at this pt, and neither the right ('they broke the LAW') nor the left ('it was only two times! by two people!') should try to use that to exaggerate/diminish the extent of the problem

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3) The report COULD have served as a cathartic moment for the party to start moving on, the right to stop making political hay out of this and some elements of the left to grow up and accept the problem (as seemed to be happening)

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4) Corbyn's statement was petulant, tone-deaf and typical of someone who has seemingly failed to grasp the reality of the situation for many years. Now was NOT the time to insist that the issue has been 'dramatically overstated' by some (though this is true tbh)

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5) However, kicking Corbyn out the party does nothing to help Jews on the left (the actual victims in all of this!) and merely re-ignites anti-semitism as a left/right issue, which the report might have been the first step in getting past

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6) Today has been emotionally exhausting for Jews in Labour and on the left generally, a continuation of a cycle of denial and hyperbole, with left-wing Jews being used as political footballs and not being listened to. It feels like this will now never end.

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