Stephen Pollard is an exremist right wing politician who adopts an "Antisemites-under-the-bed' approach to Israel, including attacks on the press who, he claims 'does not defend Israel enough.
He is the editor of The Jewish Chronicle which is " "a firm and influential champion of Zionism"
When the paper recieved compaints about it carrying an advert for Gaza Relief Aid, it stated that it was a staunch supporter of Operation Protective Edge
"Pollard proceeds to accuse 'many liberals and others on the European left' of 'making common cause with radical Islam and then brazenly and bizarrely denying both the existence of that alliance and in fact the existence of any Islamist threat whatever'.[8] He acknowledges that he finds "Surrender" 'at times, hard going', but this is only in part 'because of the level of detail Bawer offers in support of his argument' and because 'Bawer is unquestionably correct, and that fact is quite simply ­terrifying'.[9]"
On his blog, Pollard disparages both the NHS[10] and the Royal Mail[11], and speaks approvingly of private alternatives. After accusing the Guardian and other British critics of ignorance about the US healthcare system, Pollard writes:
The plain fact is that if you have a serious disease or need long term care, if you have the right coverage you are so much better off being treated in the US that the NHS is not even comparable.
Stephen Pollard
Once again, the opinions of an extreme right-wing, pro Israeli activist is being used to show that the Labour Party is riddled with Anti-Semites.
No wonder this pair want to make Israel a no-go area in this discussion
Jim Carroll