Below is an article I wrote on 5th September in response to Frank Field MP's resignation from the Labour whip, and the weaponization of anti-semitism within the Labour Party.
"I am a newly-elected Labour councillor who is Jewish in a ward bordering Birkenhead.
Frank Field MP chose to use anti-Semitism as his excuse to resign from the Labour whip.
I am, frankly fed up of anti-Jewish racism being used as a political weapon to attack Labour.
Since Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader a few years ago, my Jewish lived experience is a "broad church" Labour Party showing solidarity and support to the many as well as the Jews.
More than 100 members from all wings of Wirral Labour Party worked together to elect me, in our successful local by-election last month.
We spoke with over 2,100 residents and I heard no-one raise the issue of antisemitism.
Unlike Frank Field, my constituents' highest priority is ending cruel Conservative Government cuts to services we all rely on.
The New Ferry part of my ward was devastated by a huge explosion in March last year and the Government's response is shockingly pathetic."
https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/your_say/wirralletters/16687646.frankly-fed-up/
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