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8. Looks like Lisa Forbes is already in trouble over the usual Corbynite flaw

Fri Jun 7, 2019, 11:45 AM

Jun 2019

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https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lisa-forbes-apologises-anti-semitism-peterborough_uk_5cfa2564e4b006ad194f50ce

Newly-elected Peterborough MP Lisa Forbes has apologised for liking an anti-Semitic post on Facebook, saying: “I don’t have a bad bone in my body towards any race of people.”

The Labour politician came under fire during the by-election campaign after it emerged she had liked a post saying Theresa May had a “Zionist slave masters agenda”.

But Forbes’ election – which saw Labour beat the Brexit Party by just 683 votes – has not been universally welcomed by Labour MPs.
Influential backbencher Jess Phillips said that while she was glad Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party had lost the seat, she could not be “gleeful or proud” because “it shows that anti-Semitism is becoming normal in the party”.

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Peterborough by-election: Labour beats Brexit Party to hold seat [View all] Denzil_DC Jun 2019 OP

So glad to see the Tories failed to take advantage of Fiona Onasanya's utter stupidity. Celerity Jun 2019 #1

I'm mainly relieved the Brexit Party didn't manage to capitalize on the situation. Denzil_DC Jun 2019 #2

+1 Celerity Jun 2019 #3

Some of the Brexit Party reactions on Twitter are fantastic: Denzil_DC Jun 2019 #4

Thank goodness. Anyone But Brexit! LeftishBrit Jun 2019 #5

Pretty much my own thoughts T_i_B Jun 2019 #6

In the flurry of opinion today, not many pundits have mentioned tactical voting. Denzil_DC Jun 2019 #7

Looks like Lisa Forbes is already in trouble over the usual Corbynite flaw T_i_B Jun 2019 #8

If Jess Phillips didn't exist, Farage, the Tories and the media would have to club together Denzil_DC Jun 2019 #9