Anti-semitism crisis affects Scottish Labour too – Kezia Dugdale

The explosive BBC Panorama documentary that aired earlier this week examining Labour’s problems with anti-semitism brought into sharp relief the deplorable handling of the issue by the party leadership.

The explosive BBC Panorama documentary that aired earlier this week examining Labour’s problems with anti-semitism brought into sharp relief the deplorable handling of the issue by the party leadership.

I was appalled by the documentary where former party officials made allegations over racism complaints and criticised the party’s handling of them under Jeremy Corbyn, which included claims that some of his closest allies tried to interfere in disciplinary processes.

I have no reason to doubt any of the staff who gave their testimony and anyone willing to write the programme off as a hatchet job or media bias is simply burying their head in the sand.

Whilst it is easy to look at this issue play out in London at Labour HQ and in Westminster where MP Chris Williamson was recently suspended from Labour for his comments, it is however important to note that the anti-semitism crisis Labour faces runs all the way from Islington to Renfrewshire and on to Shetland.