Rebecca Long Bailey Sacked.

[Theland]

Keir Starker flexing his muscles.
Good!

[Deskdiary]

Crikey - are we brining Cummings’ not breaking any guidelines in to this thread?

[Deskdiary]

I meant rules, not guidelines. He didn’t break any rules.

[jim360]

The review into Cummings concluded that he "may have" broken the guidelines, which is more of a whitewash than an exoneration. But there is also Jenrick's case to consider -- and there, Jenrick has even conceded that his decision in the relevant case was "unlawful".

Still, Labour should be doing the right thing for its own sake.

[ToraToraTora]

drmorgans: "Any Big Bang Theory fans out there? Wrong-Daily reminds me of Bernadette Rostenkowski(-Wolowitz) " - yes I see the likeness.

[Deskdiary]

I would suggest Starmer was waiting for the first reason to sack RLB given she’s a remnant of the far left that Corbyn loves so dearly, and she’s given him the perfect excuse with her anti-Jew views that are so prevalent in Labour’s far left.

Being anti-Jew and anti-Israel are inextricably linked, so I take issue with Jim’s comment.

Merely as a ‘by the way’ I much prefer anti-Jew to anti-Semite, as there’s usually somebody popping-up and nasally whining that Arabs are also semites.

[ichkeria]

Excellent news

[Apc2604]

Good news.

[ichkeria]

“ I can only assume that SKS leapt at the first proper opportunity to flex his credentials.......and remove his former competitor.”

Or use the first opportunity to remove a pretty useless hard left ideologue whom he probably felt obliged to include in the shadow cabinet after his election

[Atheist]

If there was a suggestion that the US police had been taught a technique by the Russian secret service, or the Chinese secret service, or the US secret service, would there have been accusations of racism? I don't think that the Israelis should be allowed to claim immunity from criticism simply because they are Jewish. Yes, Palestinians are semites; so should Israel feel it OK to appropriate semitism for their own cause?

[ichkeria]

In my opinion it’s not antisemitism but dumb posturing and Labour needs to get away from that

[Jackdaw33]

What had she actually said, written or done which led to this?

[Togo]

// Yes, Palestinians are semites; //

Errr only certain "Palestinians" mind. They would need to be adherents of,(you're ahead of me here again aren't you) yep..... the Jewish faith.

""The term Semite, which was first used in 1781 to define languages related to Hebrew, initially referred to people of Near East origin. The word Semite is derived from the name Shem, the son of Noah. Abraham was a descendant of Shem.""

Shem ....Son of Noah? A bit before the deity that the "other" Palestinians" seem to worship.

[Atheist]

Togo; if you omit my last sentence, what do you feel about the rest?

[jno]

Togo may be confusing gods and prophets. Muslims are okay with Noah, and you can see Abraham's birthplace on Muslim soil.

[Bobbisox1]

The woman was Corbyn in a dress, well rid

[Jackdaw33]

Corbyn in drag! I like it!

[jim360]

// Being anti-Jew and anti-Israel are inextricably linked, so I take issue with Jim’s comment. //

I agree with this so I just want to apologise for giving even the remotest impression that they might not be. My post was based on the understanding that RLB had shared the article without reading it in full, and had later said that she "doesn't endorse everything in it", which is a weak defence but is, at least, objectively less bad than saying that she fully agreed with everything.

In any case it's right for her to go and she should have apologised unreservedly. Unsurprisingly, the remaining Corbynistas are defending her in some force, from what I've seen and heard since. Clearly they still don't get it. I hope I've made my position clearer now.

[Deskdiary]

Bobbisox1 is spot on - he's well rid.

She's a proven liar.

She says she "grew-up" worrying about Salford Docks and her father's redundancy from them. Salford Docks closed in 1982 when she was 2 years old.

There are poor MPs on both sides of the House, but she is one of the poorest (I said "one of the poorest" because clowns like Corbyn, Abbott and McMarxist are still there).

[fiction-factory]

Jackdaw- you asked "What had she actually said, written or done which led to this?"
She reposted a tweet from Maxine Peake which was considered to contain anti semetic material relating to the killing of George Floyd by 'Israeli trained' US police. She was asked to withdraw it by Starmer and wouldn't.

[Deskdiary]

jim at 7.34pm - fair enough and noted.