This Government

The word is INQUIRY 🙄

Yep he’s hard work . The other day he was claiming France had a population half the size of the UK 😂

I'm surprised it's as few as that.

Diane Abbott-omics, per chance? 😀

The good law project really is one of the few decent things left in this liberal democracy.

Waste of time we may all think that but where's the evidence?

Held to a different standard.

It’s got to the point where it makes me laugh a bit when people say “I voted Tory because Corbyn was an anti-Semite”. Being known as the “nasty party” means that your own issues regarding race are over-looked because nobody expects any better. Labour are expected to keep their hands out of the public purse, have a faultless contract tendering system and be squeaky clean on race issues, the Conservatives, well, anything goes. No wonder we always end up saddled with a Tory government at every election, they can’t lose even when Labour have a competent candidate nevermind when it’s a figure like Corbyn.

But it begs a genuine question that I’d like to hear opinions on from anyone:

Why is anti-semitism in Labour a well established issue whereas islamophobia in the Tory party isn’t? It’s quite clear accusations of islamophobia aren’t going away but it gets barely a murmur in the press and in the court of public opinion. It’s obviously a known issue to the party because Sajid Javid needlessly committed to that inquiry (referenced in the post earlier) live on TV.

I think it’s a combination of factors:

A) the media. This is the biggest factor by far, imo. The right wing press shouts the loudest and seems to have the most reach, so it can continue to smear Labour time and again (and hey, rightly so if they are guilty- this isn’t a post defending anti-semitism I just want to explore why Labour are known to have race issues and yet the Tory party isn’t despite them having an issue of their own in the public domain)

B) as per my previous post- labour have more pressure on them to be squeaky clean. I think we enjoy it in this country when people who moralise are caught in double standards. If you never claimed to be anything other than a rotter people can’t shame you so therefore getting worked up about morality is pointless because your target just doesn’t care and has enough power that they don’t have to. Labour on the other hand could be seen to be quite preachy, especially with this gender wars stuff (another thing I dislike about the current Labour Party).

C) people just don’t care? I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a tacit approval amongst the populace for islamophobia. Given the association of Islam in regards to terrorism it seems like there might be a few amongst the traditional Tory voting base who don’t see it as a problem however to the same people anti-semitism IS something to find abhorrent.

I had some further factors in mind when I started typing this post out but I’m buggered if I can remember them 🙄

At the end of the day I don’t think either party has any moral high ground on race issues and if you vote for one of them you are acquiescing to it. I’m guilty on that score myself so as such I won’t try and defend labour or try and make out that labour are some whiter than white entity. I’m just a bit bemused that an argument I hear increasingly often at the moment is “I voted Tory because of Labour’s record on anti-semitism” which suggests that either they don’t really give a sh** about race issues at all or one kind of prejudice trumps another.

I've always thought the treatment of Corbyn was disgraceful, and most of the reports of Labours Anti-Semitism as absolute nonsense.

Having strong views about Israel doesn't mean it's Anti-Semitism.

Likewise having strong views about Islam doesn't mean it's Islamaphobia towards Muslims as individuals.

If there is proof of actual Anti-Semitism within the Labour Party, then I hope it gets out.

If othere is proof of actual Islamophobia within the Tory Party, I hope it gets out as well.