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David Baddiel is getting lots of coverage and feedback on his book which again focuses on so called 'left wing' antisemitism.

I will start by saying that I have seen antisemitic comments made by Labour members and some genuine cases.

However, I have huge concerns.

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Let's look in detail at this article written in April 2019 in the @Guardian - and I will explain the concerns.

The areas highlighted guide you to believe this was all Labour - IT WASN'T.

It also occurred before 2015! Detail follows...

https://t.co/cK59FP83aG
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So as you see the writer of this rather deceitful piece starts with

"THAT CHANGED IN SEPTEMBER 2015" 🙄

This was done to point the timeframe as Corbyn's leadership. Yet the article goes on to describe things that are not even related to Labour, which occurred in 2014.
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So... What in fact the @Guardian writer is discussing here is this case - where a group of Neo-Nazi's spent months inflicting abuse on Jewish MP Luciana Berger

All the detail is in the Court Notes when Bonehill-Paine was sentenced by the judge.

https://t.co/wAyo6Yro5Q
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The Justice sentencing remarks to Neo-Nazi explain the previous cases too. See the date 2014.

Yet the Guardian writer refers to this NON LABOUR case to effectively make her article a lie.

"Star of David" - this was Garron Helm another neo-Nazi..
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Again the Court Notes from Joshua Bonehill-Paine's sentencing show this detail - referencing October 27th 2014.

The horrible antisemitism of "Body of a Rat" was described by the judge.

Do people not think it was vile to use this to lie and attack Labour?
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Further notes from the Judge whilst sentencing this vile antisemitic right wing neo-Nazi.

See the comment the "Operation F* J* B*"

But the Guardian writer more than implies that this was Labour members "my own party". Isn't this slander?
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It wasn't just 1 Guardian article either - it was many articles all trying to embed this right wing antisemitism as part of Labour and Corbyn's 'problem' at the time that Labour were dealing with the small issue that existed.

This disgusting comment was 2014... NON LABOUR!
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NOW YOU KNOW THE DETAIL

Look again and read this carefully to see what Helen Lewis does here

The flow of the message is LABOUR ISSUE, distraught Jewish councillors, Chakrabarti report, Luciana 'speaking out' then the RIGHT WING STUFF then flips back to Corbyn supporters.

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