Thread by @emmacpicken

*Thread*
I haven't tweeted for a couple of days about #Lab2018 because I had no words.
To put on here the depth of my anger over the last few days is a difficult task.
So here it is.

It started out bad. The decision by @UKLabour as a political party to portray @jeremycorbyn as the victim in all this was pretty clear from day one.
'Blame the Jews.'
I wonder if that was an actual directive.
Probably.

Senior figure after senior figure absolved him of any wrong doing. It was all 'poor Jeremy.'
As they lined up to exonerate him, they simultaneously accused the Jewish community.
You cannot do the first without doing the second.
Not after this summer.

The simple truth is he did this.
He tried to change the IHRA definition.
He laid that wreath.
He met DYR.
He welcomed that blood libeller.
He went on Press TV.
He said 'the hand of Israel.'
He said Zionists don't understand English irony.
HE OWNS THIS.

The party HAS covered for holocaust deniers.
They HAVE let off antisemite after antisemite.
They HAVE MPs that speak on platforms with expelled members.
Pete willsman is STILL on the NEC.
They HAVE demonised anyone and everyone speaking out.
THEY OWN THIS.

He did this. Him and his team in @UKLabour are responsible.
They and they alone hold the blame.
He is to blame for his antisemitic activity.
They are to blame for their antisemitic activity.
Not the Tories, not the media, and MOST CERTAINLY NOT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.

So the role call of shame from this conference felt never ending.
One by one they sent out the message, either sugar coated from @JennieGenSec, or in your face by @LenMcCluskey.
'He is the victim here.' THAT is the message they want you to take home.

That is why my Jewish friends felt fear at this conference.
Get that? FEAR.
Antisemitism on the conference podium.
Antisemitism on flyers handed out.
Antismites and denial from the fringe to the centre.
All the time the 'real victim' is CORBYN.
Yeah, of course.

'We are acting on antisemitism',
'There is no room for antisemitism in Labour.'
'We are doing more than ever.'
Over and over they said it. It's just been in his speech.
Yeah, I know...
Of course.
Like the rest of the conference never happened.

Like the last three years never happened.
Like the facts on the ground never happened.
Like the things he's said and done never happened.
Like the victims need to meet him half way.
Like they are the problem.
Like he is the victim.

Like he wants the British public to 'Blame The Jews.'

That is why they feel fear.
That is why I am angry.
That is why I'm going nowhere.
#LabourAntisemitism
#EnoughIsEnough