Racists, thugs and anti-semites? Nothing to see here!

Remember the narrative repeated ad nauseum on just about every UK social and mainstream media outlet after the 2016 Brexit referendum? You know, it went something like this: Leave voters are racist and don't like foreigners; they're thick, ignorant and didn't know what they were voting for; and, crucially, hate is on the rise as demonstrated by an exponential increase in hate crimes.

So very thick, bigoted and hateful, the story goes that right-winger Little Englanders were on the rampage across Britain, behaving so abominably that those of non-white English heritage were living in fear of their lives. Well, make of that what you will: since 2016, immigration to the UK has never been higher and Leave voters haven't taken to the streets yet.

Wind forward five years and witness real racial hatred erupting on our streets;  this time, from a surprising source: the gatekeepers of so-called anti-racism.

Now, we former union members have always known that the Left hates Israel, preferring instead to embrace hateful, racist, terrorist regimes such as the USSR, China, Cuba and Iran. But this open secret among the Left has now become widespread knowledge, personified in yesterday's violent Free Palestine march through central London.

As journalist Dan Hodges put it on Twitter yesterday, "Straight forward racism, not from a few nut jobs in the crowd but from the stage." 

Where was the extremist group Hope not Hate when Palestinian supporters terrorised the Jewish community in north London with chants of 'Fuck their mothers! Rape their daughters?' Nowhere.

Where was the Labour Party's coordinated chorus of condemnation when an official Free Palestine speaker compared British retailer M&S to the 'Israeli embassy on the High Street? Nowhere.

Where was Jeremy Corbyn when anti-semitic, racist placards and an inflatable, deeply offensive 'Jewish man' blimp were held aloft by ordinary pro-Palestine supporters? Standing a few feet away, that's where.

So, for clarity: the Free Palestine movement is racist. The Free Palestine movement is anti-semitic and seeks nothing less than total annihilation of Israel and the Jews. The Labour Party, and much of the Left, use racism as a political tool, parading synthetic outrage while whipping up hatred and division - they care not one jot for the victims of true racism. Hamas is a vile terrorist organisation that hates the West including Jews and LGBTQ people. Israel is a free and fair democracy. Queers for Palestine? Lol!

But, thankfully, the culture is changing. British Jews, Muslims, black people and others are beginning to see that when it comes to Labour and the Left's attitude to real racism, there's nothing to see here.