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2016-05-30 Britain

UK Labour readmits activist suspended for blaming slave trade on Jews

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Posted by trailing wife 2016-05-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 which elections?

Posted by lord garth 2016-05-30 08:20|| 2016-05-30 08:20|| Front Page Top

#2 The elections were May 5th, lord garth, preceded by a rolling sequence of over fifty Labour politicians being censured by the party for antisemitism. That nice Labour Pakistani-Brit was elected lord mayor of London.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-05-30 10:03|| 2016-05-30 10:03|| Front Page Top

#3 [V]ice-chair of Momentum, a hard-left group loyal to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

Vice-chairs are hard to come by, so I've heard.

Posted by Pappy 2016-05-30 10:39|| 2016-05-30 10:39|| Front Page Top

#4 I still don't understand.

Is Jackie Walker an elected official who was standing for office on May 5?

Posted by lord garth 2016-05-30 13:45|| 2016-05-30 13:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Bye bye Elections or some such thing they have over the Atlantic. They can be forced by a rabbit hitting a trip-wire in any of the distance hustings. The Woolsack (like our own cabbage tree) might play a part along with the Dutchy of Lanplaster et. Al.

Posted by Shipman 2016-05-30 14:28|| 2016-05-30 14:28|| Front Page Top

#6 "‘chief financiers’ of human market were Jewish"?

That's simply not true. Suriname and Curacao (Dutch colonies), and to a lesser degree also Barbados were the only places where Jews played a significant (but rather shortlived) role in the slave trade. Globally speaking the Jewish role was marginal.

The chief financiers of the 16th century were super rich German merchant families (Fugger and Welser), and they were not Jewish.

Posted by European Conservative 2016-05-30 15:01|| 2016-05-30 15:01|| Front Page Top

#7 You're spouting facts, #6 EC?

How dare you use facts? You'll confuse the idiots and spoil the narrative!

/sarc ;-)

Posted by Barbara 2016-05-30 16:22|| 2016-05-30 16:22|| Front Page Top

#8 and although the Jewish role was marginal except for a few decades in a few place, the role of arab traders in the Slave trade was significant over centuries and in many parts of the Islamic world

Jackie wouldn't believe it though

Posted by lord garth 2016-05-30 19:07|| 2016-05-30 19:07|| Front Page Top

#9 Of course the Arab traders...
AND (conveniently forgotten), black Africans themselves.
Village chiefs sold millions of their own people to those Arab traders.

Posted by European Conservative 2016-05-30 19:52|| 2016-05-30 19:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Tell it to the Maroons.

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2016-05-30 20:12|| 2016-05-30 20:12|| Front Page Top

#11 Bye bye Elections or some such thing

A weary old Muslim of Sarum,
Whose wives were unwilling to share him,
Had almost forgotten...
His borough was rotten!
To London went half of his harem.

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2016-05-30 20:20|| 2016-05-30 20:20|| Front Page Top

#12 A ~~fruity~~ foodie old tutor of Harrow,
Abusing his usual marrow,
Consulted his herba1:
"Er, gerbil with chervil
Or rectum of sparrow with yarrow?"

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2016-05-30 20:24|| 2016-05-30 20:24|| Front Page Top

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