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A Letter to my Friends

  To all my friends, The purpose of this blog post is to highlight those parts of modern left, right and middle political groups that most frustrate me, and to tell you why. However, the style is that of an angry rant (with maybe some hope at the end). So, if you are easily offended, I advise that you stop reading now.  To my friends on the left,   You have ignored the anti-Semitism in the Labour party, to say that ‘Corbyn is not an anti-Semite’ is not enough, because he did not use his position of authority and power to fight it. Here I refer you to Martin Niemoller’s poem first they came , which reads First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then t