Dear Sir,
I previously responded to a letter from Cllr. J. D. Clare on the above subject in which I complained about his implication that Leave voters were racist. I also commented about the horrific anti-Semitic abuse being experienced by Labour MPs. Cllr. Clare’s subsequent response was that my letter was “hysterical” and he went on to detail Labour’s six tests of a ‘good’ Brexit.
However, since the Labour party stood for in the last General Election on the manifesto promise to Leave the EU, subsequently, it has decided that we should remain in the Single Market and the Customs Union!
Why don’t you tell Labour voters the truth Cllr. Clare? That is what Democracy demands. Labour voters who voted Leave now have to think where their loyalties lie.
I am not racist, indeed I abhor racism. This is why I take offence when people insinuate that I and other Leave voters, are racist. Who are the “few racists” Cllr. Clare referred to? Name them in writing and let them defend themselves!
Our current Immigration policy is racist; it discriminates between EU and non-EU immigrants. We are required by the EU to have open borders with all other EU members. This being the case, we can only control immigration by restricting immigration from non-EU countries (including Commonwealth Countries). This is one of the factors I considered when deciding to vote to Leave the EU and take back control of our borders. We can only do this if we Leave the EU
Unfortunately, in his response, Cllr. John. D. Clare chose not condemn the anti-Semitic abuse of Labour MPs. Last week there was an urgent debate in Parliament on that very subject! The testimony of Jewish MPs (predominantly Labour MP who were being abused by people purporting to be Corbyn supporters) was shocking. There can be no doubt that there is a high level of anti-Semitic belief in Cllr. J.D. Clare’s national Labour party.
Perhaps, as a historian, Cllr. J. D. Clare could advise us on the historical factors that makes a disproportionate number of left of centre Labour supporters have a propensity for anti-Semitic utterances?
Personally, I do not wish to label Corbyn, or anyone else, anti-Semitic. However, I have my own conspiracy theory. As there are more Islamic migrants in Britain than there are Jews (circa. 240,000), it suits Corbyn and Momentum to risk losing a few Jewish votes in order to gain more of the Islamic vote. Indeed, on Social Media the Labour party slogan now reads, “For the Many not the Jew”
Since the democratic Brexit vote there has been a democratic deficit in this country. Over 80% of the voters in the last General Election voted either Labour or Conservative and both parties’ manifestos contained a promise to leave the EU. On the 24th of April 2018 our politicians (MPs and Lords) attended the unveiling of a statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett, erected in recognition of her work in getting the vote for women.
It is hypocritical to honour the achievement of women’s right to vote and then to ignore the vote of all the women who voted Leave in the Brexit Referendum!
Alastair P.G. Welsh
