Why is Watson so concerned about ‘anti-Semitism’ when he supported Phil Woolas whose election campaign tried to ‘make White folks angry’?
Dear Tom,
I listened with rapt attention to
your conversation
with Lee on LBC. You said that you were determined to stop Labour ‘being stained by the stench of racism’
and that you would ‘not resile from
driving out anti-Semites from my party.’
You stated
that ‘one anti-Semite in the Labour Party
is one too many” and expressed your anger that Luciana
Berger was ‘bullied out of her own party
by racist thugs" I assume you were referring to the Jewish
Chair of Wavertree Labour Party Dr Alex Scott-Samuel?
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| A smug Tom Watson defends himself from a Labour member on LBC |
You stated that this was Labour’s "worst
day of shame" in its 120 year history. I must confess that I recall a
few other days that were even more shameful than when Luciana Berger, fearful
that she was going to be deselected, cried ‘anti-Semitism’
and then jumped ship.
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| When Emily Thornberry refused to vote for 90 days detention without trial, Tom Watson accused her of being a 'traitor' - bullying women is second nature to him |
I am referring for example to the (Kenya Asians) Commonwealth Immigration Act decision of the Labour Government in 1968 to remove the right of Asian passport
holders to come to this country, despite the promises made to them in 1963 at
the time of Kenyan independence. The right of White settlers to enter the UK
was preserved. This was passed after a campaign by Duncan Sandys and Enoch Powell. So shocking was this act of naked racism that even Tories such
as Iain Macleod, Michael Heseltine and Ian Gilmour voted against it. If this
pandering to Powell and the National Front has escaped your mind then I refer
you to Mark Latimer’s article
in the New Statesman, When Labour
played the racist card.
There was however a time when genuine
anti-Semitism was rife in the Labour Party but this was amongst the Fabian Right.
Sidney Webb, later the Colonial Secretary Lord Passfield, observed
that ‘French, German, Russian Socialism
is Jew-ridden. We thank heaven, are free.’ His explanation being that ‘there is no money in it.’
What the Webbs said paled in
comparison to Clement Attlee who chaired a Cabinet Committee on Jewish
Refugees. Government policy was summed
up in a telegram to Lord Halifax on 8th January 1943 expressing
concern that Nazi policy might change ‘from
the policy of extermination to extrusion.’ Eleven days later Attlee told
the Commons that there could be no relaxation in the immigration rules and that
‘efforts to save the Jews cannot be
simply British efforts.’ [Auschwitz and the Allies (pp.
110-11) Martin Gilbert]. What he meant was that no effort would be made.
If you really think that the whining
plaints of ‘anti-Semitism’ by Blairite
Berger was Labour’s worst ever day of shame then it is clear that your
resignation is long overdue. The Labour Party has very many things to be
ashamed of but the present synthetic ‘anti-Semitism’ is not one of
them.
Leaving aside Labour’s shameful
record in respect of Jewish refugees from Nazism there is the Attlee
government’s super-exploitation of the African colonies and Malaya. There is
the decision of Tony Blair to go to war in Iraq in 2003 at the expense of a
million Iraqi lives.
If racism is your primary concern then
why do have nothing to say about Islamapobia or racism against Black people?
How do you explain your decision to abstain on Theresa May’s 2014 Immigration
Act which introduced the hostile environment policy? When an opposition abstains this means it
supports the government. There were just 6 Labour MPs who voted
against this Act and you were not amongst them. Why does the Windrush
scandal not trouble you?
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| Tom Watson (& Ruth Smeeth) giving succour and comfort to the racists of the Israeli Labor Party |
In your exchange
with Lee you purported not to understand the connection between the fake
‘anti-Semitism’ narrative and support for the Palestinians. I am happy to
explain. Luciana Berger was Director for 3 years of
Labour Friends of Israel. You were Vice-President
of Trade Union Friends of Israel. If you are having to defend the abominations
of the Israeli state, a state that its own Prime Minister says
is a state only of its Jewish citizens, then it is easier to accuse its critics
of ‘anti-Semitism’ than to have to justify Israel's behaviour.
Last
Sunday, Israel’s Ha’aretz published the testimonies of Palestinian
children who have been gaoled, 'Endless
Trip to Hell'. What happens to Palestinian
children never happens to Jewish children. This is a state of affairs usually
described as Apartheid. However your voice has never been heard because you
spend your time as an apologist for Israel’s Occupation. |
| Khalil Zaakiq. Meged Gozani |
Khalil Zaakiq a
13 year old boy, described his ordeal.
“Around 2 A.M. someone
knocked on the door. I woke up and saw a lot of soldiers in the house. … The
commander called Uday, my big brother, told him to get dressed and informed him
that he was under arrest. It was the third time they arrested him. My father
was also once under arrest. Suddenly they told me to put my shoes on too and go
with them.
“They
took us out of the house and tied our hands and covered our eyes. We went like
that on foot to the base in Karmei Tzur. There they sat me on the floor with
hands tied and eyes covered for around three hours. At about 5 A.M., they moved
us to Etzion. On the way there in the jeep they hit us, they slapped me. In
Etzion, I was sent to be checked by a doctor. He asked if I had been beaten and
I said yes. He didn’t do anything, only checked my blood pressure and said I
could stand up to an interrogation.
“My
interrogation started at 8 A.M.. They asked me to tell them which children
throw stones. I said I didn’t know, so the interrogator gave me a slap. The
interrogation went on for four hours. Afterward, they put me into a dark room
for 10 minutes and then took me back to the interrogation room… After an hour,
Uday and I were moved to Ofer Prison. I didn’t sign a confession, neither about
myself nor about others.
“I
got out after nine days, because I wasn’t guilty of anything…. My little
brother, who is 10, has been really afraid ever since. Whenever someone knocks
at the door, he wets his pants.”
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| Palestinian children detained by Israel - stripped and in the sun - this is what Watson and his LFI friends support |
Israel’s abuse of Palestinian children was debated
in Parliament in January 2016. Introduced by Sarah Champion it was based on a
UNICEF Report based on 400 testimonies which found that the ill-treatment of Palestinian
children by the Israeli military was ‘widespread,
systematic and institutionalized’.
None of this stopped two Labour MPs, Louise Ellman and Ian Austin, repeatedly
interrupting other MPs in order to defend Israel’s military. This is why, when
you pretend not to understand the connection between anti-Semitism and Palestine
it’s difficult to believe you.
I also fail to understand why, when John
McDonnell called
on you to return half a million pounds from Max Mosley (son of Oswald), a
disgraced tycoon and a racist, who called for immigrants to be offered “financial inducements to go home”. you did
not return the money?
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| Some of the donations to Tom Watson - most of them were from Zionists |
Speaking of donations you have
received, in the past 3 years, a total of £50,000 from Sir Trevor Chinn, a
prominent Zionist and owner of Kwik Fit
and £30,000 from Sir
David Garrard, a supporter of Labour Friends of Israel and now TIG as well as £4,500 direct from LFI.
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| Yvonne Davies (left) the woman that Tom Watson bullied |
On 13th September
2018, Skwawkbox
published a story about Sandwell councillor Yvonne Davies whom you bullied
because she didn’t want to continue St George’s Day parades that were being
used by the BNP. Yvonne proposed a family-friendly ‘party in the park’ event instead but you went to the newspapers who
quoted you as explaining what had happened was just “high spirits.” Yvonne said that your harassment got worse over time
and that you were behind attempts to get her deselected as a Sandwell councilor
forcing her to move outside your constituency to escape your bullying. How do
you reconcile your friendliness to the BNP with your opposition to
anti-Semitism?
On 26th February,
the Board of Deputies, a Zionist group, complained that Chris Williamson had
booked a room in Parliament for a Jewish Voice for Labour screening of Jackie
Walker’s WitchHunt, accusing
Williamson of “trolling the Jewish
community” even though Jackie is Jewish and JVL are a Jewish group. You reported
this to the Chief Whip and General Secretary. Why?
On 27th February
you demanded that Chris Williamson be suspended for claiming that the Labour
Party had been 'too apologetic' over false
claims of antisemitism. You said “If it
was in my gift I would have removed the whip” from Chris Williamson. Nothing
Chris said was anti-Semitic and you know it. Why did you try to suppress this film?
On 11th March,
the Spectator revealed
that your new 'Future Britain Group'
had registered its website on 18th February, the very same day The
Independent Group (TIG) was launched. Was this a coincidence or more evidence
that you are coordinating with TIG?
Other relevant facts
include the fact that:
Ø In
2003, you voted
in favour of going to war with Iraq and you have consistently voted against
an investigation into the war.
Ø In
2004, despite your apparent concern with racism, you were responsible
for putting out a nakedly racist leaflet that said "Labour is on your side – the Lib Dems are on the side of failed
asylum seekers"
Ø In
2009 it was revealed that you had claimed
the maximum £4,800 allowance for food in a single year and that between 2005
and 2009, you and Iain Wright claimed over £100,000 for a central London flat you
both shared.
Ø In
Oct 2016 you abstained from voting on a Labour Party motion calling for the UK
to withdraw support from the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen. Why?
Leon Brittan, Anti-Semitism and
allegations of Child Abuse
In October 2012 you made
allegations about a paedophile network that had been protected by their Parliamentary
connections involving a close aide to a former Prime Minister. Although you refused
to mention any names publicly there was one exception to this, Leon Brittan. Why?
As you know Brittan
was continually
dogged throughout his career by ‘an undercurrent of anti-Semitism.’ This was summed up by Harold
MacMillan who described Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet, as being ‘more Old Estonian than Old Etonian.’ Eventually you were forced to apologise
for your unsubstantiated allegations and description of Brittan as ‘evil’. What explanation is there, other
than the fact that he was Jewish, for your attacks on Brittan?
Phil Woolas was a Labour MP and
Immigration Minister who was infamous for being an opportunist with no fixed
principles. He met his comeuppance after the 2010 election, which he won by 103
votes, for making false allegations that his Lib-Dem opponent supported Islamic
terrorism. After
the election Elwyn Watkins complained
of Woolas’s lies and was quoted as saying:
"Woolas is trying to portray this as me being
antisemitic. I'm not antisemitic at all. He has taken something and tried to
make it something it's not.’
The BBC reported
that a special election
court found in November that Woolas had knowingly lied about his Liberal
Democrat rival, Elwyn Watkins in the weeks running up to the General Election.
Woolas’s leaflets accused Watkins of pandering to Muslim militants. In an email disclosed
during the hearing, Woolas' agent, Joe Fitzpatrick wrote: "If we don't get the white
folk angry, he's gone."
The court found
that Woolas’s chosen method for achieving this was to suggest there were Muslim
extremists who advocated violence against Woolas and that Watkins was
attempting to seek their support.
In November 2008 Woolas attacked
lawyers and charities working on behalf of asylum seekers, accusing them "playing the system" by taking
legal action. You might have expected Tom Watson to have been the first to call
for the expulsion of this racist shit. Not a bit of it.
In Tory
lies, Lib Dem lies, Phil Woolas and a mystical shaman of truth you described the Court’s
decision as one we will all regret’. You
stated that:
‘I’ve lost sleep
thinking about poor old Phil Woolas and his leaflets.’ He felt ‘like a piano has been dropped on my head. It
is the most brutal truth of all – the realisation that you are on your own in
politics. When the shit storm hits, you have no allies. Being a member of
Parliament is a lonely, solitary, dangerous life….Truth and Lies. They said Phil lied on a leaflet. He lost
his job because of it.
It’s hard to believe
that this is the same Tom Watson who won’t rest until the last anti-Semite is
driven out of the Labour Party! There is only one explanation. Tom Watson is
motivated, not by anti-Semitism but a love for Israeli Apartheid!
Tony Greenstein
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