Britain: Labour candidate Keir Starmer promises to end anti-Semitism if elected

Arutz Sheva ^ | 11/1/20

[Eleutheria5]

British Labour candidate Keir Starmer, 57, has promised to work to end anti-Semitism within his party, if he is elected its leader.

Speaking on BBC One, Starmer said his party "should have done more on anti-Semitism."

"If you are anti-Semitic you shouldn’t be in the Labour party. What I would do is lead from the top and say it's my responsibility to deal with it. I wouldn’t say it's for somebody else. I want the files, I want to know the numbers on my desk so that I can monitor this."

Starmer also said he argued for automatic expulsion. "It seemed to me that if you have been chucked out of the Labour party for supporting another political party, you should be chucked out for being anti-Semitic," he explained.

The party is expected to replace its current leader, Jeremy Corbyn, on April 4, 2020.

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[Eleutheria5]

What about anti-Semitic Muslim or African members? Will you risk being called an Islamo-phobe or a racist? I don't think so. Only white Christians will be chucked, and probably on trumped-up charges just to virtue signal. But why lose sleep. It's not like there are any Freepers in the UK who are Labour members, because aside from the chronic anti-Semitism, they are utter leftard wackos.

[Gay State Conservative]

So,IOW,he believes that Israel has a right to defend herself?

[Telepathic Intruder]

Leftists tend to clump Arab Muslims into the Semitic group, while ignoring Jews. Antisemitism has always referred to Jews, however. Arabs and Muslims are not the victims they claim to be. They’ve never been rounded up and exterminated, or hated the way leftists and socialists hate Jews.

[Secret Agent Man]

Anyone making impossible promises ought to be automatically self-disqualified from whatever election they’re running in.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Without anti-Semitism, there won’t be much left of the Labour Party (or the American Demonrats).

[Eleutheria5]

Who knows. Who cares. Probably. They’re all different flavors of diarrhea. I hope Labour is now spinning around in the bowl, waiting for the big flush along with the Democrats and the Israeli left.

[Eleutheria5]

But he’s running to be head jerker in the circle jerk called Labour. Somebody’s got to do it, I suppose.

[SunkenCiv]

Somehow I just doubt it.

• Ken Livingstone says it's 'the end' for Jeremy Corbyn and blames 'Jewish vote' [13 Dec 2019]

[oldplayer]

Eliminate anti-Semitism?

Good luck with that, no matter how much we all might yearn for it.

[gibsonguy]

Yeah sure, whatever gets votes. Labor is the English dems.

[SkyDancer]

Umm, how?

[bgill]

He can’t end it. There’s always going to be haters.

[Uncle Miltie]

Labour cant win without muzzies.

[Eleutheria5]

Starmer must have just graduated college. Still full of all that wonderful multicultural stuff and singing Kumbaya as they wait to milkshake a conservative speaker.

[VeniVidiVici]

Speaking on BBC One, Starmer said his party "should have done more on anti-Semitism."

"If you are anti-Semitic you shouldn’t be in the Labour party. What I would do is lead from the top and say it's my responsibility to deal with it. I wouldn’t say it's for somebody else. I want the files, I want to know the numbers on my desk so that I can monitor this."

Except of you're Muslim. If you're Muslim being anti-Semitic is your right and you are more than welcome into the Labour Party.