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Analysis

There is a serious problem among UK opinion formers

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George Galloway is the man who said that Jews are foreigners in Jerusalem and declared Bradford to be an "Israel-free zone". Last Thursday, he tweeted: "The Israel lobby has just destroyed the Labour Party... It is an amazing achievement. They'll be dancing in Dimona." Mr Galloway says there is no antisemitism in the Labour Party, only mendacious Israeli claims of antisemitism. He offers us an image of Jewish liars celebrating their victory over the UK Labour Party in their Israeli nuclear power plant, the seat of their secret power.

Len McCluskey, the most powerful trade union leader in Britain, and a key Jeremy Corbyn king-maker, said on Sunday about the current storm: "This is nothing more than a cynical attempt to manipulate antisemitism for political aims because this is all about constantly challenging Jeremy Corbyn's leadership." There is no antisemitism, just a conspiracy to allege it.

Some people are optimistic that finally the hidden infection of elite radical antisemitism is coming to a head.

Now that antisemitism has hit the mainstream, people hope, it is being destroyed. But they should not be in such a hurry. The current crisis is an indicator of how bad, not how good things are.