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Is Jeremy Corbyn an Anti-Semite? It No Longer Matters
The Labour leader has left British Jews ‘gripped by anxiety,’ as the Chief Rabbi put it. There are only bad excuses.
An untenable position.
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A lot of things about Britain today are what psychologists might describe as complex. Brexit? Don’t get me started. The social care crisis? A mess. Addressing the climate emergency and homelessness? Neither is straightforward.
Labour’s anti-Semitism problem doesn’t belong in this category. No venerable commission of experts is required to deliberate at length and produce an authoritative report on what to do. You don’t have to balance weighty arguments on both sides. This should be easy: Zero tolerance; one strike and you’re out.