Frank Hester/Diane Abbott.

The Labour Party including Keir Starmer are Over-Sensetive to accusations of Antisemitism.

Let us remind ourselves of that word "Antisemitic" ....ANTISEMITISM is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews.

In a couple of sentences contained within a long article, Diane Abbott stated that (in her opinion) the differences amongst white people ( example Jews ) did not attract the same level of discrimination as those who are black ( those who are visibly different ). She was basically saying that you might be sat next to a Jewish person but might not know it, but a black person is visibly different.

What Abbott said may have been stupid, and it may have been wrong, and I understand that some Jewish people may feel that she was demeaning them, but it certainly was not racist or antisemitic.

She gave some good examples, she pointed out that Travellers, Gypsies, Irish people and Jews were never denied the vote in places like the United States or South Africa. She pointed out that it was only black people who had to sit at the back of the bus ..... If anyone believes she has not got a point, then I dont think your thinking clearly.

Diane Abbott, as much as I disagree with her brand of Labour, did not say anything antisemitic, and as much as I hope Keir Starmer will be our next PM, on this I disagree with him, to a large degree his hand is been forced by over sensetive press and media.

Unlike abbot of course.....Even corbyn hid her away at the last GE and it seems he was giving her one at that time.....

Its not a competition as to which group of people have suffered the most, YES I get the point about Jewish people been the victims of the worst single act of attrocity in history (The Holocaust), and black people were enslavened and treated like animals for 200 years.

My point was that Diane Abbott did not specifically say anything that was racist against Jewish people, and neither did the Labour candidate in the Rochdale By Election. 

she said that the Jews had not experienced racism - denying that they have suffered some of the worst racism in history and seeking to minimise that suffering is pretty antisemitic.

Thing is Red . Witchy must have some spent some time with his mental gymnastics to exonerate Abbott. So it follows that others can exonerate Hester by looking at it from a point that differs from his l

You say Abbott is not a racist... I'm reminded of her saying 'West Indian mothers go to the wall for their children'. Yet when Andrew Neil asked her if she thought  white mothers go to the wall for their children, she refused to answer. All she needed to say was yes, but she absolutely refused to answer. That was many years ago on a programme called 'This Week', and it was the moment I realised that Diane Abbott was a racist. But it's OK, it doesn't matter, she's black and in 21st century UK racism is a one way street.

Couldn’t you apply the same logic to Hester?
Its a simple uestion.