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Jeremy Corbyn's time is up

belboid said:
Yet another case that proves Labour is riddled with anti-semites

MP Richard Burgon in court for Sun 'Nazi images' libel case

Not aged well, has it?

Richard Burgon: Labour MP 'regrets' making Zionism remark

It's pretty bad that he can hang around on the front bench after being found out about this.

That Sky story link is pretty bad, no arguments.

However, I think it should be made clearer (now**) that Burgon won that case against The Sun.
(ETA : Not defending what the band did I should emphasise -- well dodgy)
The article in belboid 's earlier post was from late January, but here's the verdict (early February).

**Apologies :oops: if this has already been clarified on earlier pages back in February, but ( sleaterkinney ) quoting the earlier post, now, and on its own, leaves the libel case story stripped of its context and conclusion IMO.
 
Whatever. Utilising nazi imagery (in this case for art) isn’t in itself racist. No shit.

they weren't "utilising nazi imagery" - a doom metal band who are mates with burgon used gothic script in their art work (see "every metal band ever" - and the daily telegraph type face for that matter) and did a pastiche of a black sabbath album cover. It was a extremely tenuous bit of shit stirring by the sun which they thought they could get away with - but burgon successfully sued them. it has zero connection with his "zionist" remark.
 
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