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Field resigned because of the vote of no confidence held a month ago over his decision--along with four other Labour MPs--to support the govt. on a crucial piece of Brexit-related legislation that helped May avoid a humiliating defeat and made a hard no-deal Brexit more likely, contrary to the wishes of rank-and-file Labour members and Labour MPs. He faced the threat of deselection and saw this as an excellent opportunity to control the story while making his exit on his own terms.
Do you know which MP has voted against the Labour whip and with the Tories the most? Including on Europe-related legislation? One Jeremy Corbyn.
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everyone knows that antisemitism is nothing new in Labour.
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Like so many of your bizarre ideas about the world, this is utterly ahistorical. Antisemitism in Labour didn't arise fully-formed, ex nihilo, with Corbyn's Leadership; it has existed in Labour for at least three decades, about as long as anti-Zionism has had a prominent place in the party's platform. Corbyn has been a Labour MP for 35 years. You're trying to rewrite history in order to defend a xenophobic bullshitter's latest bullshitting attempt.
How does that disagree with "The far left, like the far right, have always been racist. But until recently they've only been a minority. It's only now that the racist lunatics have taken over the asylum." The Trumpists are vile racists but if someone were to quit the GOP now citing their racism would you respond this way?