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T_i_B

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2. Sadly....

Reply to nycbos (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 11:53 PM

Mar 2019

...Bigotry has always been an element of the Conservative Party to some degree. And at present the Tories deep embrace of nationalism has made the bigots in that party very emboldened.

Labour anti semitism on the other hand is a much more recent problem, tied heavily to Corbyn's long time support for the Palestinian cause.

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I would no longer have a political home in UK. nycbos Mar 2019 #1

Sadly.... T_i_B Mar 2019 #2

Right on about Labour. nycbos Mar 2019 #3

To be honest... T_i_B Mar 2019 #4

Some seventeen years ago, a leading Tory politician gave a stirring speech Denzil_DC Mar 2019 #5