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Tories’ ‘toxic racism and Islamophobia’ risks fuelling more hate on the streets

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Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, 2024 CPAC, at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, February 22, 2024

CAMPAIGNERS have called on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to withdraw the whip from Suella Braverman and Liz Truss, warning that their propagation of “toxic racism and Islamophobia” could fuel far-right hatred on the streets.

The demands came after the Tory whip was removed from Lee Anderson after he made Islamophobic comments to GB News about London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

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Mr Sunak removed the whip, but only after Mr Anderson failed to apologise for his comments.

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Mr Anderson’s comments were soon followed by an article in the Daily Telegraph by former home secretary Suella Braverman.

She wrote: “The Islamists, the extremists and the anti-semites are in charge.”

Across the Atlantic, former Prime Minister Liz Truss attempted to drum up new support by attending the far-right Conservative Political Action Conference.

While a guest on War Room, the podcast of former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, she said that “a radical Islamic party” could win the Rochdale by-election.

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Post Office documents containing racist terms describing Horizon victims used as recently as 2013

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A post office van in Aldwych, central London, January 11, 2024

POST OFFICE documents containing “utterly abhorrent” racist terms to describe wrongfully convicted sub-postmasters were used internally and updated as recently as 2013, according to an internal investigation.

The company launched the probe last year after documents obtained by Horizon scandal campaigners found fraud investigators were asked to group suspects based on racial features.

Between 2000 and 2015, more than 700 sub-postmasters were prosecuted based on information from Fujitsu’s faulty Horizon accounting system used in Post Offices.

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A document used by the company’s security team used identity codes, each with language to describe a person’s ethnic origin, for potential suspects.

One description used the term “negroid types.”

Other archaic and offensive terms were used to describe individuals as “Siamese,” “Malaya” and “Chinese/Japanese types.”

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Tory social housing plan aims to prioritise ‘British homes for British workers’

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Exclusive: Proposals to be put forward next month will favour UK citizens, but experts say they are likely to be illegal or unworkable

The plan is designed in part to bolster Rishi Sunak’s reputation for being tough on immigration. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

Downing Street wants to give UK families higher priority for social housing in a controversial scheme that will be badged as “British homes for British workers”, the Guardian can reveal.

Officials will launch a consultation in the coming weeks into how they can give British citizens faster access to social housing, a move designed in part to bolster Rishi Sunak’s reputation for being tough on immigration.

But the move has prompted anger from some in government, who warn it could further fuel support for the rightwing Reform UK party. Housing experts say it is likely to be either illegal or unworkable, or both.

Polly Neate, chief executive of the housing charity Shelter, said: “This policy amounts to nothing more than scapegoating at its worst. It is unnecessary, unenforceable and unjust. Not only does it ignore the fact that there are already stringent rules so only UK citizens or those with settled status can access homes for social rent, but it blames a group of people for a housing emergency that they did not create.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/24/tory-social-housing-plan-aims-to-prioritise-british-homes-for-british-workers

comment by dizzy: It appears that Tory scum are keen to not only to support apartheid but also want to introduce it to UK. At the very least they are keen to benefit from racism. You get the same siht if you vote for the same cnuts.

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Abbott vows to fight back after Labour’s ‘fraudulent’ investigation

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Union leaders and MPs demand justice for first black woman MP

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Dianne Abbot MP

DIANE ABBOTT has called on Sir Keir Starmer to prove his commitment to fighting anti-black racism amid growing anger over Labour’s “fraudulent” investigation into the left-wing MP.

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, TUC president Matt Wrack and scores of socialist MPs and activists have joined the campaign to restore Britain’s first black female MP’s Labour whip.

Speaking to the Morning Star, Ms Abbott said: “I appreciate the support. But this is all about much more than me.

“The issues are Labour Party democracy and the leadership’s commitment to recognising and fighting anti-black racism.”

Labour faces increasing pressure to conclude its investigation into the Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP’s comments about racism after she branded the process “fraudulent” in a statement earlier this week.

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Campaigners file formal complaint to EHRC over Labour’s mistreatment of Jewish members

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THE Labour Party has “lost its way,” Jewish Labour campaigners said today as the party faces a formal complaint over its mistreatment of Jews.

A legal letter on behalf of the Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL), sent to the party and copied to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, sets out evidence that Jews who disagree with the current leadership about Israel, Palestine, zionism and anti-semitism “suffer disproportionately from the party’s harsh disciplinary regime.”

Jewish members are six times more likely to be investigated and more than nine times more likely to be expelled from the Labour Party for anti-semitism than non-Jewish members, according to recent research by JVL.

The letter, sent on August 22, says the party has failed to understand the diversity of opinion among British Jews and misconstrued criticism of Israel as anti-semitism, illegitimately restricting the free expression of Jewish views on Israel and zionism.

It highlights that restrictions are contrary to Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and to the party’s own rules.

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