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Jewish anti-Zionist sues Labour over suspension

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Jewish anti-Zionist sues Labour over suspension

Jackie Walker is suing the party’s general secretary, Iain McNicol, for what she says was a breach of data protection laws. She told Labour Briefing that her case was only one of many such breaches made by the party bureaucracy in the UK over the last year.

Her lawyer, Martin Howe, states: “Jackie Walker has faced a barrage of hurtful, threatening and nasty abuse since the private details of her investigation by the Labour Party over alleged anti-Semitism was leaked to the press before even she knew of her suspension by the party.”

He said the breach “led directly to her being prejudged and unfairly cast as a racist before she was given any opportunity to tell her side of the story.”

Walker has launched a crowd-funding campaign to cover her legal costs. She said she hoped the case would force an “immediate revamping of the Compliance Unit and the way it operates.”

Crowdfunding to support Jackie's legal action

 

Graham Bash

Anti-Semitism and the Labour Party: A personal statement

As a Jew (all my life) and Labour Party member (48 years) I am outraged at the way allegations of anti-Semitism have been used to silence legitimate criticism of Israel and undermine Jeremy Corbyn as my party’s leader.

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Anti-Semitism and the Labour Party: A personal statement
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Labour inquiry into anti-Semitism will report by the summer

Shami Chakrabarti says she joined the Labour Party on April 29 – the day she was commissioned to produce the inquiry –  and vowed to produce her report 'without fear or favour' by July 1st.

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Labour inquiry into anti-Semitism will report by the summer
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NEC member Darren Williams reports on that momentous meeting

The NEC meeting held on 12 July (my first since taking over from Ken Livingstone) was probably one of the most contentious and closely watched in the Party’s history. It was called at 24 hours’ notice and had one substantive item of business: the party leadership election, which had been prompted by Angela Eagle’s announcement the day before that she had secured the 51 nominations needed to run. Concerns were expressed over the lack of notice – which meant that some people had to travel long distances very quickly in order to attend - and the fact that Jeremy himself had apparently been kept in the dark about the meeting until the last minute. 

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Di Coffey

So Farewell, Iain McNicol

 I was one of thousands of members suspended from the Labour Party under the stewardship of General Secretary, Iain McNicol. This is my story.

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So Farewell, Iain McNicol
Asa Winstanley

26 March date set for Jackie Walker expulsion hearing

After years of suspending her membership on false charges of anti-Semitism, the Labour Party has finally set a hearing date for Jackie Walker.

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26 March date set for Jackie Walker expulsion hearing