You forgot to comment on the actual issue. The BBC has issued a formal statement stating that the introduction to last night's @BBCNewsnight "did not meet our standards of due impartiality". Did you think no one had noticed?
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"Is Corbyn anti-Semitic?" is the wrong question. I don't care. The question is: Why has anti-Semitism in the Labour Party flourished under his leadership? It doesn't matter what he says. Nothing will change while Corbyn is leader. He is the problem.
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Interesting point. Many others will argue that "a mature democracy" is about having a vote and accepting its results.
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2/2 Farage said there was a problem with too many British Muslims not being able to speak English & he had witnessed this. Husain said perhaps they speak 2 languages and isn't that a good thing? Does she know how many British Muslims speak 2 languages? Where's her evidence? None.
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thearticle.com/women-murder-… My piece for @TweetTheArticle on why the recent murders of two young women of Asian origin have received so much less attention than Sarah Everard.
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There is no racism of any kind. She's incompetent and has a very unfortunate manner and shame on you for playing the racist card on this.
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It's sad that you are leaving on the day that Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty offended so many viewers & in the week that the BBC did such a bad job of covering the Clapham Common event on Saturday. Actually, it's not. It's a fitting tribute.
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The look on Thornberry's face is priceless when Bruce asks her question and Thornberry realises she has made a colossal blunder but isn't smart enough to think her way out of it. In a few weeks she could be UK Foreign Secretary.
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South Africa orchestrates expulsion of Israeli delegates from the African Union conference and sides with Russia. The era of Mandela seems a long, long way ago.
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"For many British Jews, the period from 2015 to 2019 was the most unsettling in living memory." (@JakeWSimons @JewishChron) This is so true. Perhaps the most unsettling thing of all was how few non-Jews, esp. on the British Left, understood this.
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The interviewer's comment at the end was, I'm afraid, typical of the snarky stuff coming form the media at the moment. They declared war with the government over Brexit, during the election and now over the national crisis. Out of touch and the wrong tone.
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"it;s not a fact" that terrorists killed Israeli athletes in 1972 for being Jewish? This woman is a Labour candidate? Seriously? And why is she @SkyNews?
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The contrast between the honesty and thoughtfulness of @RoryStewartUK and the aggression and nastiness of the hard-line Brexiteers is striking. If they get their way, the Conservatives will be unelectable for years to come.
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Yesterday's @Times ran a double-page photo spread on Tory leadership runners and riders. @PennyMordaunt was shown in a swimsuit. None of the others were. I thought @Times was supposed to be a serious newspaper. My mistake.
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I do miss the days when @afneil used to present the BBC's Budget Coverage. Rigorous analysis, robust questioning.
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@antonioguterres & @UN have attacked Israel constantly and yet have hardly ever condemned Iran, Russia, Afghanistan, let alone Hamas, PIJ or Hezbollah.
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Is that the same 1922 group who were responsible for the disastrous leadership election during the summer when the country faced an energy crisis and needed urgent action and then resulted in a members' poll which elected Liz Truss?
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Yes! A big thanks to @DanielMays9 & @eddiemarsan, two very fine actors, who have had the decency to speak out against antisemitism and to stand by @TracyAnnO.
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Wilson's words are what the Labour Party used to be. It is no longer that party. Its leadership is mired in lies, antisemitism and a bizarre fascination with terrorism.
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Fine speech by @KemiBadenoch, terrific response from audience. Starmer's worst nightmare, smart, young, female, and a new face talking convincingly about a new start which so many of her rivals can't plausibly do.
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'he [Corbyn] should have tried harder to engage with their criticisms.' Corbyn NEVER engaged with his critics, esp. about antisemitism. How could anyone write in 2023, without irony, 'Mr Corbyn has a formidable record fighting against racism'?
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Francesca Albanese perfectly embodies the organisation she works for: passionately hostile towards Israel, biased rather than even-handed and indifferent to evidence.
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Unfortunate timing for Sadiq Khan's dismissive response to Susan Hall's concern over knife crime. He tells her she 'should stop watching The Wire.' This morning a 13 year old boy was murdered by a man with a sword and two policemen and two civilians were wounded.
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One of the most moving photos I have seen of the Holocaust. A reminder of how many children were murdered by the Nazis and their accomplices during the Holocaust.
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unherd.com/2020/07/what-the-… John Gray's terrific piece @unherd in 2020 on Mr Jones, a superb film about the truth behind the Ukrainian famine in the 1930s. Superbly directed, terrific cast & as Gray points out eerily topical today about the western media.
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I have been told I cannot chair two live events at Barnet Library (in a Jewish neighbourhood) for security reasons so they will have to be online.
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The relationship between British trade unions and anti-Israel politics is something you will never ever hear discussed on BBC news programmes. Why is that?
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"We respect the majesty of the democratic system." (George Bush). The contrast with Trump could not be greater. Thank you for sharing.
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Is there anyone else apart from actors in B Movies set in the Soviet Union who say 'comrade'?
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It is quite something when someone as patient and gentle as the @chiefrabbi calls behaviour 'shameful and inexcusable' but he is absolutely right about the refusal of so many international women's organizations to properly condemn the rape of so many women on 7/10.
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2nd BBC on-air apology to thoughtful critics of terrorism who were slandered as "hate preachers. The BBC needs to get a grip.
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1/2 The problem is not that as a Muslim Mishal Husain may or may not have 'her own private thoughts' about Muslims in Britain. The problem is she quoted an unnamed academic from Queen Mary University as evidence that Farage is wrong. Is it?
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"Fighting racism is the very foundation of our values." "Listen to the people who experience and suffer the persecution." Gordon Brown on fire. This is the Labour Party we want.
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This is just terrible. Luton Borough Council has today raised the Palestinian flag over the Town Hall. What is the matter with these people?
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"it strikes me that, for months now, too many public-service broadcasters have actively sought the demise of the prime minister." A robust piece @spikedonline by @AlStewartOBE on the growing anti-government bias on mainstream TV news.
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This is excellent from Ben Wallace. Caroline Lucas can shake her head as much as she wants but he has history on his side and the British Left don't.
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They could have pointed out that his last BBC interview was rude and hostile with 136 interruptions in 27 mins. An average of 5 interruptions per minute. It is time for all politicians to stand up against this kind of treatment.
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Her humourless response, shaking her head and scowling, sums up what Corbyn's Labour Party think of the northern working class.
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I am sure you're right that this clash was about taking a stand. Given the repeated attacks on the PM and DC over many months both parties seemed to feel the stakes were high. One way forward, as I have repeatedly argued, is to hold an independent inquiry into bias at the BBC.
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I agree. ITV's format was very disappointing: far too bitty and too many interruptions from the presenter. It was an opportunity to find out what both party leaders were not telling us rather than what they were saying. @afneil is the best interviewer around these days.
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Shame Kay Burley didn't do her job and properly moderate the discussion between two MPs and then got so self-righteous.
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Thank you for this excellent message @KemiBadenoch. The tone was set when the media and the Left condemned the report before they'd even read it.
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I follow all kinds of people @Twitter and no group spend more time praising each other than political journalists and BBC news reporters. I wonder why this is.
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This is a big story and I am surprised that it hasn't featured on the main 10pm news bulletins tonight. Just joking because it actually requires some research and hard work whereas it's so much easier just cutting and pasting nonsense about Prince Andrew.
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"A minority"? Seriously? Leading Eurocrats could not have done more to alienate British leavers today if they had tried. This kind of contempt is not helping.
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When you say "important" you mean Wesmtinster bubble speak. Not the same thing. Please don't waste our time with this @BBCr4today tomorrow.
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For the Left, here and in the US, it's always about Israel. Never the persecution of Christians and Jews throughout the Middle East or Muslims in China, suffering in Venezuela or human rights in Hong Kong. No, for these people it's all about Israel. Always.
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Two very different kinds of young British people. I am so full of admiration for the volunteers cleaning the vandalised memorial. Less so of the others.
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Munchetty "and BBC Breakfast co-host Charlie Stayt drew attention to a flag and a picture of the Queen behind Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick." No, they didn't "draw attention" to either. Stayt sneered at the flag. That's why so many licence payers are appalled. #flag
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You forgot to mention the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Of course, there were many other victims too but that's no reason not to mention Jewish victims at all.
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It's this kind of language that has driven so many Labour MPs, councillors and members to leave @UKLabour. You have no idea how you sound to normal people. Only losing another election will get us rid of Corbyn. Bring on the day.
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Eyebags growing bigger, temper growing shorter. Corbyn's not coping with the (entirely self-imposed) pressure.
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Another lesson: MPs shouldn't fiddle their expenses and political parties shouldn't let them run again.
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Thank you, @FraserNelson, for taking such a strong line on this. I am shocked by the behaviour of @BBCNewsnight: first misrepresenting what was said and then not apologising today once they'd had time to check the transcript.
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And how wonderful that Pakistan (and the West Indies) came here this summer, producing some terrific matches, when they must have had serious reservations about England in the grip of Coronavirus. Thank you all.
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I wish I could agree that this interview @BBCr4today was 'hilarious'. I found it strident and self-righteous and I wonder what many listeners to @BBCr4today made of it? Perhaps that's why so many have stopped listening to the programme.
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When Jeremy Corbyn shouts, "The Labour Party will never abandon the poor in this country!" that is exactly what they have done by running such a catastrophic election campaign.
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I nearly always agree with you and I greatly admire how you have taken on the antisemitic Left. However, I don't think they will look back on these times with any regret or remorse. They are convinced of their own virtue. Wrongly, of course.
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What an extraojrndary video clip: a rabbi on the New York subway gives a barefoot homeless man his shoes.
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Every single @UN executive who pronounces on Gaza forgets to mention Hamas. Curious.
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"The homes they sold in Europe"? How much of pre-war Jewish Warsaw was still standing in 1945? The ignorance of these people is as boundless as their hate.
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There may be some good reasons for voting @UKLabour in the next Election. Primarily, dissatisfaction with the current govt after 14 years of Conservative rule. But if you expect dramatic economic change you will be in for a big disappointment.
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While the US Senate debates whether Trump should be found guilty of inciting violence at the Capitol, should they not also be debating Trump's responsibility for so many deaths from Covid?
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I am thrilled to hear rumours that @IanAustin1965 and @JZWoodcock might be made peers. Both are deeply honourable men who stood up for decency and integrity when many of their fellow Labour MPs stayed silent in the face of growing antisemitism under Corbyn.
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I would say the period since 7 October has been a catastrophe for @BBCNews and its reputation may never recover. Certainly the reputations of some of its best-known reporters and presenters will not recover. In that sense it's much worse than Savile.
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@faizahaheen is clueless. Jack Straw is right: Labour won under Blair because they had a good leader and a good programme and he could add they had leading figures who knew of a world beyond the metropolotan Left.
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Again and again TV presenters and reporters are getting the tone badly wrong. Your "three amigos" is a perfect example. This isn't the time for such levity. I know people worried by terribly weak immunity levels and others facing no pay for weeks or months.
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8 interruptions in 1 min 13 secs, one every 9 seconds. This is one reason why I don't watch @BBCNewsnight anymore. Stop interrupting your guests.
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If I see any more of this nonsense from the Westminster Bubble folk I am going to start blocking all of you. People are dying, doctors, nurses and medical scientists are working all out to save lives. Get some perspective.
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Well observed. I have seen looks of rapture and delight and these faces convey only huge disappointment.
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Few people have emerged from the Labour antisemitism crisis with less credit than Billy Bragg. His most recent statements have been consistently disturbing.
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Brilliant version of #LineofDuty Series 6 in 2 mins and 20 secs. If @KieranCHodgson had done that 6 weeks ago he could have saved me 37 hours of my life.
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The arrogance of @TonyGreenstein is familiar to many. So is the vicious style: "a traitor to socialism". Your response, Emily (if I may), is restrained and clear. If the future of the Left in Britain lies between you and @TonyGreenstein I know where I stand.
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Wrong decision under very difficult circumstances. Election in 4 days should come first.There's the News Channel for news.
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This is an insult to your viewers. It doesn't even begin to address the question of bias @BBCNewsnight and other BBC flagship news programmes. It doesn't even mention the self-righteous tone of the presenter which infuriated so many licence-payers. Try again.
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That's an important point. Corbyn doesn't just say horrible things himself about Israel and Jews. He also never corrects or argues with the most outrageous views from other people on the panel.
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Now I remember why I blocked her. It all comes back to me. Why are so many people on the Left angry about the idea of black or brown politicians rising in the Conservative Party? The only people they seem to dislike more are Jews. Curious.
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How did a longtime supporter of Jeremy Corbyn like @dianeabbott_mp end up on a committee like @CommonsHomeAffs?
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There are more Black people in Israel than in Gaza and more Black people serving in the Israel army than in Hamas and yet Black Lives Matter predictably attacks Israel. Of course.
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How about increased Met presence around Jewish schools and synagogues and taxi expenses for Jews intimidated by Hate Marchers on the underground every weekend? #Jewsdontcount but MPs count a lot. The Speaker & @RachelReevesMP should set up in business together.
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I have said for weeks that there was no need for ministers to put up with Morgan's rudeness, his constant interruptions and hectoring. There are plenty of other news outlets for ministers. The free fall GMB ratings tell their own story.
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A powerful and clear statement from @RobertJenrick, one of the few MPs who was prepared to speak at the march against Antisemitism in London last Autumn.
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@Fox_Claire is right. MPs think the people got it wrong over Brexit. And she's right that this is a crisis about the nature of representative democracy. Don't have referenda unless you are 100% sure the people will vote the same as MPs.
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Over these weeks I have so missed my dear friend David Cesarani. He would have brought so much insight into the debate about Labour antisemitism and would have raised the level of debate in terms of historical context and parallels.
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This is excellent from @Emmabarnett and augurs well for her time @BBCWomansHour.
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