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Margaret Hodge faces 'action' over Corbyn anti-Semitism row
Corbyn & Labour continue to shoot themselves in the foot repeatedly on what should be a very basic matter. 
Disciplining Margaret Hodge for speaking out is pretty poor stuff.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44875908
Labour MP Margaret Hodge faces "action" by the party after reportedly swearing at Jeremy Corbyn and calling him an "anti-Semite".
The alleged confrontation came after Labour adopted new guidelines on anti-Semitism, which were criticised by some Jewish leaders and some MPs. Ms Hodge said she chose to confront Mr Corbyn to express her outrage.
The code of conduct was rubber-stamped by the executive committee on Tuesday. It says: "Anti-Semitism is racism. It is unacceptable in our party and in wider society." But it does not include all of the "working examples" given in the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism.
Without confirming the language she had used, Dame Margaret wrote in The Guardian that she "confronted Jeremy Corbyn in Parliament and told him to his face what I and many others are feeling". Labour was "so distrusted by the Jewish community, we are the last people on earth, at this time, who should think about amending a widely accepted definition of anti-Semitism", she said. The Israel-Palestine conflict, she said, had been "allowed to infect the party's approach to growing anti-Semitism" saying she and other Jewish MPs had received growing amounts of anti-Semitic abuse. In adopting its new code, the party "chose to make the party a hostile environment for Jews", she said, adding: "I stand by my action as well as my words."
The alleged confrontation came after Labour adopted new guidelines on anti-Semitism, which were criticised by some Jewish leaders and some MPs. Ms Hodge said she chose to confront Mr Corbyn to express her outrage.
The code of conduct was rubber-stamped by the executive committee on Tuesday. It says: "Anti-Semitism is racism. It is unacceptable in our party and in wider society." But it does not include all of the "working examples" given in the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism.
Without confirming the language she had used, Dame Margaret wrote in The Guardian that she "confronted Jeremy Corbyn in Parliament and told him to his face what I and many others are feeling". Labour was "so distrusted by the Jewish community, we are the last people on earth, at this time, who should think about amending a widely accepted definition of anti-Semitism", she said. The Israel-Palestine conflict, she said, had been "allowed to infect the party's approach to growing anti-Semitism" saying she and other Jewish MPs had received growing amounts of anti-Semitic abuse. In adopting its new code, the party "chose to make the party a hostile environment for Jews", she said, adding: "I stand by my action as well as my words."
