Thread on cognitive dissonance in the Labour Party 🧵 🌹 🤯 ⬇️

Many people fail to, or refuse to, understand how the type of CLP motions ruled out of order by the general secretary lead to an unsafe space for Jewish members if debated.

Here’s a step-by-step guide...

1) EHRC finds that Labour has committed unlawful acts against Jewish members, and that the leadership failed to tackle antisemitism. That ruling is final. It’s not for individuals to accept/reject and/or challenge.

The EHRC is a statutory body. They investigated for 18 months.

2) Jeremy Corbyn refuses to accept ‘all the findings’ and insists the ‘scale of the problem was exaggerated,’ directly parroting the *denial* that EHRC found to be a huge part of the problem.

3) Corbyn refuses to retract or apologise and is suspended by GS.

Corbyn’s comments after the release of the EHRC really underlines the problem he has. The problems that led to the EHRC being forced to conclude the party had acted unlawfully and discriminated against it’s Jewish members.

Even when given the chance to apologise, he refuses.

4) Campaigns of support and solidarity with Corbyn spring up. These campaigns are the direct result of Corbyn’s suspension for promoting denial of Labour antisemitism and refusing to clear a very low bar.

5) These campaigns are embraced by Corbyn himself. The beast grows.