again.....there is a long tradition of jewish socialism from karl marx onwards. there are, of course, many right wing jews too. the differences are currently between these groups and many other tory types who like to use this as a stick to beat labour with. whatever, it is a political difference and nothing to do with racism. i've been in the left all my adult life and never heard any anti-jewish shit. there is almost blanket condemnation of the israeli government and support for the palestinian people - but these are entirely valid political opinions.
i feel stupid for rising to the bait again to defend the left when this tactic is so transparently used to deflect attention from the crimes and inadequacies of the current government. if you are minded to support them how do you feel about your fellow british citizens being detained, bullied and deported and treated abominally for years - aren't you ashamed?
and labour weren't beat in the recent polls-we made some gains but not as many as we had hoped. to expect them to have done better would be to accept that they should have done so as theresa may etc are so completely useless. and demonstrably racist.