It is impossible to view the current row over allegations of anti-Semitism in the British Labour Party, or indeed broader criticism of Israel, without also being conscious of the enormity of the Holocaust.
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In resorting to the traditional black arts of spin and counter-spin, Corbyn’s aides cemented the notion that the reshuffle was a botched narrow-minded political putsch rather than a confident statement of intent by a strong leader.
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Lord George Brown: a tired and emotional man There’s a fabulous story about George Brown, the former British Foreign Secretary in Harold Wilson’s first government. It’s almost certainly not true, but it should be. Brown was a drunk…
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Down and out: Jim Murphy, Scottish Labour leader On the morning of May 8 2015, Labour died, suddenly. May it rest in peace. When I was a young journalist, I remember being given a kicking one night by the revise…
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