Supersonic 49,376 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 An extensive internal investigation into the way Labour handled antisemitism complaints will not be submitted to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, after an intervention by party lawyers. The 860-page report, seen by Sky News, concluded factional hostility towards Jeremy Corbyn amongst former senior officials contributed to "a litany of mistakes" that hindered the effective handling of the issue. The report concludes there was a lack of "robust processes, systems, training, education and effective line management" and found "abundant evidence of a hyper-factional atmosphere prevailing in Party HQ" towards Mr Corbyn which "affected the expeditious and resolute handling of disciplinary complaints". As well as 10,000 separate emails, the dossier uncovers thousands of private WhatsApp communications between former senior party officials and singles out for criticism some who gave whistleblower evidence to last year's highly-critical BBC Panorama investigation on antisemitism within Labour. These include the former General Secretary Lord McNicol and the former acting head of the governance and legal unit, Sam Matthews. Indeed the report directly addresses the EHRC on several occasions, including urging the watchdog to "question the validity of the personal testimonies" of former members of staff and to "focus instead on the documentary, primary-source evidence that the Party has made available", leaving little doubt as to the intention of its authors that the document be submitted to the investigation. However, Sky News understands party lawyers have told General Secretary Jennie Formby the report entitled: "The work of the Labour Party's Governance and Legal Unit in relation to antisemitism, 2014 - 2019", should not be submitted to the Commission, due to fears it could damage the party's wider case. Full story: https://news.sky.com/story/labour-antisemitism-investigation-will-not-be-sent-to-equality-commission-11972071 Full dossier: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Bitch 10,513 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Remember, only right-wingers are racist No but seriously, that's absolutely horrifying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOVEDRUG 11,265 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 it's so maddening because there's literally no left wing alternative in the uk "through all the tears and all the lies, i'm gonna dance until i feel alright" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlepotter 76,610 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Is there a TLDR? I don't really understand chaeri pls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc 4,776 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 It's really difficult to see beyond the spins here. So the Corbyn-camp spin is that establishment Labour did everything in their power to remove Corbyn, including letting anti-semitism rise in the party, what is the establishment camp's point here? Is it all just politics - is there anything useful we can (objectively) get out of all of this, other than that party infighting is a cancer (looking at US democrats, both Bernie-camp and establishment)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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