Rare indeed to see so much truth from Labour.
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Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has accused Labour of treating a Jewish group within the party "brutally".
Last week a report on Labour's handling of the anti-Semitism row under Jeremy Corbyn found supporters and critics had used it as a "factional weapon".
Mr McDonnell claims the report shows the party used its disciplinary procedures to target members of the pro-Corbyn Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL)
He said a disproportionate number of JVL members had been disciplined, suspended and expelled from the party.
Members of the group were up to 35 times more likely to face anti-Semitism investigations than other, mostly non-Jewish, Labour members, he claimed.
The JVL says it stands for "rights and justice for Jewish people everywhere, and against wrongs and injustice to Palestinians and other oppressed people anywhere".
Barrister Martin Forde QC was asked by the party to chair an inquiry into the contents and leaking of an internal Labour dossier in 2020.
He concluded factionalism was "endemic" within the party and the issue of anti-Semitism was weaponised by both sides, not just the right.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62319342
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