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[katy_kat]

FAO : Bethnal Green.

He is not a nice man.

I just wanted you to know.

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[trueconfession_]

Well I think the only people who’ve brought up King being Jewish are her supporters. From what I’ve seen, Galloway was trying to create a none-too-subtle distinction between himself and her. She’s pro-war, pro-privatisation, pro pretty much anything Blair comes up with. He’s not.

As for the underlying racial tension, am I being too naive in thinking this is not really present? There was an interesting report on the campaign on Channel 4 news last night. One of the interviewees was a young muslim guy who was quite straightforward. He’d had no problem with Oona King until she supported the war, had supported Labour and would have been campaigning for King if it hadn’t been for the war. She had after all been elected in the constituency twice before by the same people.

I’m intrigued by “she comes here with her Jewish friends who are killing our people..." Is this something you saw quoted or are you using an imaginary quote to illustrate your argument? Is it a reference to Israel? Personally I have no truck with anti-Semitism and so would argue strongly with anyone who said this. Although I don’t think being Jewish necessarily makes you a Zionist either.

Anyway Katy -sorry to hijack your LJ with such long posts…

[lacuna]

I’m intrigued by “she comes here with her Jewish friends who are killing our people..." Is this something you saw quoted or are you using an imaginary quote to illustrate your argument?

It was a quote from a young male Muslim resident of the constituency, as reported in a Telegraph article detailing how King had been pelted with eggs while attending a memorial to Jewish war dead. (There was a police presence at the event, in case it attracted some kind of hostility.) I'm pretty sure it's a reference to the Middle East situation. I might imagine that was indicative of at least some tension - some of which may well have emerged after King's vote for the war. As I said, it might have assumed symbolic significance.