Jeremy Corbyn admits: Labour ‘ignored’ anti-semitism.
I am getting very fed up with the almost constant criticism concerning antisemitism aimed at Jeremy Corbyn. Again Margaret Hodge is involved, this time leaking a recording she secretly made of a conversation with Corbyn regarding the proposed appointment of Lord Falconer to review the Party's complaints procedure. The tape of this conversation which according to Hodge, she made secretly as an "insurance policy", she leaked to the Sunday Times, and no doubt with her prior knowledge they have spread across their front page and not surprisingly, have been very selective in their reporting.
What Corbyn actually said in connection with the appointment of Falconer, was "He will look at the speed of dealing with cases, the administration of them and the collation of the evidence before it's put before appropriate panels... because I was concerned that it was either being mislaid, ignored or not used, and there had to be some better system". From this statement It is a significant stretch of journalistic licence to then construct the headline that "Corbyn admits we ignored antisemitism".
However neither the Sunday Times or for that matter Hodge herself, would be concerned with distorting conversations and taking anything out of context to fit in with their actual agenda. As far as Hodge in concerned, supported with those elements of the media who are historically anti Corbyn, the objective is as it has always been, to remove Jeremy Corbyn from the leadership of the Labour. In this aim, they will use whatever comes to hand to undermine Corbyn's position while she and the other usual suspects continue with their own agenda. A shabby secret recording leaked to a disreputable "newspaper" for out of context reporting. How contemptible can you get?
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