This is entirely correct and actually very insightful: both are fake gotcha questions designed by right wingers to insert hatred of minorities into the mainstream while directing the conversation away from their own failings.
I urge you to remember Nick’s radio interview with Morgan McSweeney - the only one that bland psycho has given. Morgan denied he would ever do factionalism, denied being mates with Mandelson and said he wanted to bring the Labour family together, and that was just fine by Nick.
@DAaronovitch How does Zionism look to *Palestinians*, David? How do you think it looks to its victims? Do you ask yourself that? Does Adam? Isn't it about time everybody did?
Some things the British media and political class have reacted hysterically to during Israel's genocide:
- The Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban
- Bob Vylan
- Gary Lineker
- The Green Party motion
Something they have not reacted hysterically to:
- The genocide
It's demanded that you read concepts like "Free Palestine" or "From the river to the sea" as inherently exterminationist, but unquestioningly allow an actual, ongoing ethnosupremacist project to be obfuscated as "self-determination"
@BenInRushcliffe 1) The Greens cannot ban members from attending synagogue, that would be illegal
2) The Greens cannot discipline or expel members for attending synagogue, that would also be illegal
3) you are a stupid racist who sent a death threat to Zarah Sultana after the Israel pager attack
The "cancellation" here was mates trying to give him a government education role he was totally unqualified for, and people pointed out his socials were full of him perving over young girls. Big fan of him reminding people this is the origin story of the "Free Speech Union".
A few days before Danny Tommo was arrested, he said he had instructed a specialist defamation solicitor to sue Shabana Mahmood for calling him a racist.
If he had the money to sue the Home Secretary, why is Tommy Robinson raising money for his legal defence?
Former footballer and sports commentator Andy Townsend, has called out a walker for having a shit in his local pub toilet and then leaving without buying a drink. He’s right. Do you agree?