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Yesterday, Momentum founder Jon Lansman made headlines for his claim that antisemitism "is a widespread problem" in Labour, and that Labour underestimates "the scale of it". Expanding on his point on Twitter, Lansman estimated that there were probably "a few hundred" "hardcore antisemites" in Labour. He argued that more incidents would undoubtedly be recorded if the party adopted a proactive approach to rooting it out, rather than waiting for complaints.
I just want to parse Lansman's intervention. Because his language is wildly misleading, and doesn't match up to his specific claims. And we can't pretend that it doesn't matter how politicians choose their words. We know it matters. The resulting headlines were all of the type: 'Momentum founder admits widespread antisemitism in Labour'.
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