A letter to the Guardian about an article today written by Gordon Brown. One of my regrets was being one of many Labour MPs who nominated him after Blair resigned. I should have supported Michael Meacher instead. Anyway, I partially made up for my mistake by publicly suggesting Brown should go and make way for Ed Milliband. We may just have won the 2010 general election but as ever, hubris got in the way.
I was disappointed to see Gordon Brown joining the 'Labour is anti-Semitic' melee. Without citing any actual evidence he refers to a 'web of poison,' and ' to some Labour members' using social media to spread anti-Semitism. If he is certain of this, has he supplied details of those members to the Party? Who or what is he referring to when he says 'even the suggestion that the Labour party is in anyway silent, ambiguous or ambivalent in its response to such a toxic environment shames us all.' That such a suggestion could be repeated when the evidence actually points to Labour taking concerted action suggests Gordon simply hasn't been paying attention. Nor does he seem to have read Chris Williamson's actual remarks on the subject, which in no way could be described as anti-Semitic. All of what Gordon has said may be a truthful reflection of his opinions, but his opinions are not grounded in the reality and merely help perpetuate a media storm designed to undo Corbyn's leadership.
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