Mar 2
Tories worried about anti-semiticism
London Spy reports that Tories are rather concerned about the anti-semitic tint to Labour advertising and rhetoric:
Just when you thought that the row about Labours allegedly anti-Semitic adverts was cooling, it is re-ignited.In a statement that has arrived on Spys desk, five Jewish Tory candidates at the forthcoming election led by Oliver Letwins chief of staff and Harlow hopeful, Robert Halfon have launched a hard-hitting attack on Labours tactics.
We are increasingly concerned that the Labour Partys campaigning methods could, if anything, encourage a rise in anti-Semitism, reads the statement, which has also been signed by Brooks Newmark, Lee Scott, Grant Shapps, and Stefan Kerner.
It continues: Whilst a subliminal advert devised at Labour HQ may seem cunning at the time, its not so clever when the result might be another Jewish cemetery or synagogue daubed with graffiti or, even worse, a Jew attacked walking home at night.
Of course, this is not exactly the hardest case to make considering the behaviour of the London Mayor and some of Blair’s ministers. Of course, there are probably those in Labour who don’t care about losing the Jewish vote but are far more concerned with getting the much larger Muslim vote.
3 Comments so far
What nonsense. No Conservative can match Ken Livingstone in terms of action on racism. The idea that he should have apologised to a newspaper group that regularly attacks gypsies and continues to spread unsubstantiated scare stories on asylum seekers and immigrants (never mind the long history of supporting the far right) is preposterous. Howard and Letwin are mere opportunist politicians and pigs really will fly the day they put forward an intellectually coherent agenda.
Well except if your a Jew Stephen, then his record is a just a wee bit suspect. He seems to embrace men who are neither keen on Jews nor homosexuals (ie both should be killed). But other than that he has a great record on racism. You don’t have to take my word for it, Harry’s Place has been reporting on Ken’s dodgy mates for quite a while now. And they are certainly not Tories either.
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