‘Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me’. That’s what we were always told as kids and we had to learn to have a bit of a thick skin. If I said, ‘snipers and rockets will break your bones AND words will always harm you’. You would know exactly what I am talking about. Today…
Month: August 2018
Accusing Corbyn of Antisemitism is a Hate Crime in itself
UNDERSTANDING ANTI-SEMITISM and JEREMY CORBYN As a proponent of Scottish Independence I have little in common with the Labour Party. However, the recent sustained attacks on Jeremy Corbyn as an anti-semitic because of his unwillingness to recognise specific examples of anti-semitism within the IHRA definition that effectively negates virtually all criticism of Israel leaves me very concerned. There can be…