“This abuse is not normal. This is why zero-tolerance matters. This is why people have to take responsibility for their actions.”. Jewish Labour MP Margaret Hodge said a zero-tolerance approach is needed towards anti-Semitic abuse after she was sent death threats online following criticism of ex-leader Jeremy Corbyn. The 76-year-old politician shared some of the vile abuse she has been targeted with, including death threats and anti-Semitic accusations she was a “member of a rich & powerful Jewish dynasty” and “evil personified”. She said: “This abuse is not normal. This is why zero-tolerance matters. This is why people have to take responsibility for their actions.”
‘Zero tolerance matters’ It comes after Corbyn was reinstated as a Labour member three weeks after he was suspended over his response to a scathing Equality and Human Rights Commission report. However, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has refused to allow his predecessor back into the parliamentary party. Dame Margaret, the parliamentary chair of the Jewish Labour Movement, has been an outspoken critic of Corbyn and suggested she would have left the parliamentary party had Sir Keir readmitted him. (…) After Dame Margaret shared the abuse she has received, a number of fellow Labour MPs voiced support for her. Birmingham Yardley MP Jess Phillips said: “Love to Margaret who is, amongst others in the Jewish community, the actual victim of all this.” Shadow schools minister Wes Streeting added: “Unconditional love and solidarity for Margaret. What I’ve found most disconcerting this week is that, in addition to this vile abuse, people who are meant to be serious – former MPs, NEC members etc – have seen fit to troll Margaret and even demand her silence. They’re no better.”
via thelondoneconomic: ‘Snake, Nazi, Traitor’: Margaret Hodge reveals extent of anti-Semitic abuse