He never wanted her in his shadow cabinet in the first place. Just didn’t have the guts to leave her out. Now the excuse he needed.

It honestly amazes me that anyone can think this was a fair decision. To purposefully confuse criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism is cowardly and dangerous

The dilution of the meaning of antisemitism is nearly complete.

Got sacked for telling the truth! Nothing antisemitic about it at all!

They need to define, and separate, anti-Semitism from criticism of Israel.

From what I understand, she was sacked for linking to an interview with an actress who referenced US police training in Israel, right? Um... *WTF IS THE PROBLEM?!* 1) US police DO get training in Israel who DO use militarised/terrorising tactics. This is widely known and basic information for anyone who studies or follows US civil rights, liberties, police brutality, state budgets, equipment allocation, 'defense' spending etc. 2) It is madness that this needs saying but: *CRITICISING ISRAEL IS NOT THE SAME AS CRITICISING JEWS.* How is this so hard for people?! Allowing the conflation of Israel and Jews in general, only plays into the hands of ethnocentric politics! UGH! Its no better than white supremecists conflating their countries as "white." This is nothing more than an excuse to sack someone a right-leaning Labor guy didn't want around.

10:57 the second he mentions Amnesty International - who have reported that Israeli security forces do train US police - she cuts him off

It’s not about the sharing of the article, Keir needed an opportune moment to get rid of a Corbynite and he got it/took it. Probably didn’t help to have her in the shadow education job when that’s an area that BoJo has recently been attacking Keir with (eg when do teachers unions let teachers go back to school?). Now he’s free to insert somebody into a shadow education job who’s not so cosy with the unions

Well done kier, clear the decks of these antiquated Neanderthals and their hatred.

If you’re a public figure just maybe don’t use Twitter or engage in social media 🤷‍♂️

"Please don't put words in my mouth" that's the bbc's job

When cancel culture bites the grifters in the arse

Rule 13: "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions".

Weeding out Corbynist. Just Blairite taking back the party.

This just confirms for me why I am right not to watch the BBC.

Don’t mention Jews, I mentioned them once but I think I got away with it

He had no choice but to make an example of her. She was stupid to go anywhere near anything that could have even the slightest hint of anything anti-semitic.

This is only relevant in Westminster. People living in the real world have real problems.

Apparently that Labour "leader" doesn't even know the difference between antisemitism and criticising the state of Israel or some of their practices.

Matt Wrack was attempting to discuss how one would make those comments without being anti semitic, yet he’s interrupted and told he’s not debating the topic. When the entire topic is about whether the comment was anti semitic or not. The BBC is very slick and easy to listen to these days. But I’ll be damned if they ever have anything useful to say.

And now the IDF are training British police force ... hmmm

The UK government seems to be under a lot of pressure not to criticize Israeli government...

Where was the anti semitism, I don't see it.

How is the criticism of Israeli government antisemitism?

For 0.4% of the population, the BBC certainly likes to give them key positions.

someone needs to explain the difference between anti-zionism and anti-semitism

Voted Labour all my life but never, ever again.

You can’t make a centrist omelette without breaking hard left eggs

I am unashamedly on the left of the party but I know that under Jeremy and I say this without satisfaction, the party had wandered into a quagmire. After we gifted the election to Johnson I resigned my membership. Right or left, we need to understand that unswervingly pincipled commitment is utterly pointless without that we gain power. I'm 73 and I felt that I would die never knowing how another Labour Government would help the poor, the jobless, the discriminated against and the vast majority who have been dragged down by austerity Keir Starmer had no option but to punish Long-Bailey. If not we would again be sucked down into that same quagmire and she must have known this when she set out to take on the new Party Machinery. She pushed the envelope and she, rightfully, was bitten as a result

+The BBC decided the terms of the debate. How many times did the presenter interupt each speaker. Telling.

Can someone please explain to me how being critical of Israel soldiers is Anti-semitic. if the same artical was about Nigerian soldiers would it be racist to Black people?

He is being over sensitive and has over reacted. I live in a community in North London and even many of my Jewish friends there are open with their criticism of `Israel’s political decisions. Look at the protests in Tel Aviv. Kier has hugely over reacted. She wasn’t making anti-Semitic statements, she was commenting about policy. Big mistake, Kier. You’ve over reacted.

Rachel Reeves is still on the front bench...

The Left deserves this for growing identity politics in Britain

Once upon a time, Labour was united against apartheid. What happened? And here's the interviewer: 'Please don't put words in my mouth.' As she puts antisemitism into the mouths of anyone who opposes the racist apartheid state of Israel.

That news reporter was more argumentative than unbiased. i think thats a good example of how not to report the news

Kier just went up my estimation!

This is madness

No 1 priority is what ? Oh dear we are truly lost.

Does this mean that Ms Rebecca Long Bailey will NOT be rocking up on "Question Time" as she is on the way to obscurity just like Ms Laura Pidcock[Who/-another Corbynite,an EX-MP now sinking fast into obscurity]

What a shame Kea Stamma didn't have his mighty knee jerk reaction when he headed the public prosecution office. If he did mayby Jimmy Savell could have been brought in front of a court to meet his accusers instead of been buried in max cliffords ,SAFE of SINNS.

I wonder if Jewish people who are critical of Israeli police or the government are anti-semitic, or is that permitted?

I don't think a tweet is grounds to sack anyone. Having said that, Long-Bailey was a political rival, and had to go. Keir is our best chance of winning since Blair left., so powerful moves like this can show that he is wiling to be ruthless in the pursuit to become PM.

What has this got to do with the fire brigades union?

The BBC loves Starmer. Speaks volumes.

Choke holds and kneeling are all part of restraint. No one has a copyright on that.

The most antisemetic thing about this is the assumption that "Isreali" means all jews. Shameful

If you want to know by whom you are governed ask who you are not allowed to criticize.

BBC being neutral as ever. Not.

it's true about the IDFs' training the Minneapolis in restraining techniques.

And now we have found thanks to Al Jazeera that the BBC Panorama were as bent as a dogs back leg.

Used as an excuse to get rid of her. Probably tested her to see if she’s willing to follow a simple instruction, she put her disagreeable. personality on full display and so he got rid of her. Don’t blame him to be honest, you can just tell she’d be nightmare to work closely with, let alone lead.

How's it antisemetic?

any excuse to get rid of a Lefty - shame on Starmer, he knows what he's REALLY doing

They lost Scotland, the Labour Party is over..

It wasn’t a conspiracy

The great purge.

Any such accusation can be used against Labour. If the leader ducks down at every time someone shouts an accusation, he'll be out of a party soon enough.

We're not talking about criticism of "jews/Israelis", we are talking about criticism of the policies and tactics of the government of a foreign state, The State of Israel. Why is this anti-Semitic? I have never understood this. Calling out The government of Saudi Arabia for its actions in Yemen is neither anti-Arab or Islamophobic. Questioning the Chinese government's 'reeducation' camps for muslims isn't somehow an attack of the Chinese people, their ethnicity or Confucianism. So what makes the Israeli Government so different? Could someone please explain this to me? (NOTE: I'm not a supporter of Corbyn or Long-Bailey and she must go, but for this reason?)

Emma Barnett completely shuts down this discussion once it gets into assessing whether there is a concern about police tactics and forces working together. Why is the question not asked whether criticising Israel is antisemitic? That’s the debate that is needed

Starmer is a yes man for a tiny tail that wags a big dog, shame on him

The idea that the public are forced to pay for this false bollocks

Keir Starmer should go, and Louise Ellman should never come back!

Is this a Labour Party political broadcast by the BBC?

The focus on Robert Jenrick was playing too well for Labour so Starmer chose to gift this nonsense to the right wing media.

Didn't she give JC 10 out of 10 for a brilliant 2019 Election campaign?

And by article with anti-Semitic conspiracy theory you mean an article in the popular mainstream British paper The Independent.

The sacking doesn't seem an overreaction to me. I read the piece in the Indie... The Israel reference was awkward, it stood out, it smacked slightly of trying to get two birds with one stone. It was baseless. Secret services do not hold seminars with the domestic police forces of foreign powers, even foreign powers who underwrite all their costs. Peake was daft to tack that onto her interview and make herself sound a bit tin-foli-hat David Icke fodder. I am sure she is not, but she might consider how things will read before offering them to the press. Following that, RLB was not smart to tweet a link. Spectacularly not smart. Had she read the article and thought the Israel reference trivial? Mistake. Had she seen that it was an M Peake interview and linked without reading it? Mistake. RLB was not a town councillor or even a backbencher... She was a member of the Shadow Cabinet. Why Peake would speak confidently to a national paper on a topic where her passion and opinions trump her grasp is a mystery. Why RLB would spread that further, I cannot fathom. RLB is powerfully supported and will bounce back. That may or may not be a good thing. I write this as a Liberal who nonetheless finds in KS a potential for national unity and harmony I have not felt since John Smith was leader.

Can you criticise Israel at all without being called anti-Semitic? If not, that's a problem...

Voted biased newsnight down 👍🌹 #defundtheBBC

I'm not sure that the is 'No link' you can draw a decent correlation, though of course that isn't the same as causation. But grounds for intelligent supposition.

Shouldn't we also hear from Starmer's campaign donor Trevor Chinn on this matter? Good to know where our politicians are coming from.

So its antisemetic to accused israel of tactics in police force? Everyone are snowflakes looking for drama, grow up

This has been totally taken out of context.

He’s implied Rebecca is anti Semitic

Rebeccka you failed to follow the basic shadow cabinet's direction. There was time to try to modify the shadow cabinet's direction of thought via lobbying & other moves. However you missed this option by a country mile & instead went for an 'instant' undermining approach which was clearly a failed strategy. Who guided you to this odd selection?

Hilarious. They bring this upon themselves, and they have learned nothing.

At least Sir Keir can no release the multiple people specifically assigned to this task now to do something more productive

Labour party members on the left.So what is the labour party now, centre like the lib Dems or right like theTories.?

Bad move from Starmer on this. It's not anti-semitic, it may or may not be factually incorrect in regards to police training, but that is not anti-semitic.

(What) a real labour leader times have changed.

You are all talk- sheshould have been evicted from the labour party. Anti semetism still rules in labour

I wish the US Congress and/or US voters had the courage to sack the anti-Semitic members of Congress, who are explicitly anti-Semitic.

So no criticism of Israel at all is allowed is it just Israel or is there any other country as well

We still do NOT have a Leader that represents the People. Never Have, Never Will

Her liking the tweet was a gift to kier starmer.

The fire brigade union? Why not ask the lollipop lady?

Left eating itself brilliant

The Bollox Broadcasting Corporation. Ha Ha!

Remember the good old days when an actress would get a politician sacked because of sexual indiscretions , not because of a poor education.

Thousands of others have received training from Israeli officials here in the U.S. ... These trainings put Baltimore police and other U.S. law enforcement employees in the hands of military, security and police systems that have racked up documented human rights violations for years. Amnesty International

Rebecca Long Bailey was sacked because she was popular and a potential threat to his leadership in the future. I wish her well.

Hahaha! Hahaha!

She'll have a new position tomorrow

BBC and the Labour Party. As odious as ever.

Not that I like her at all but my God. This is a complete joke!

What a load of verbal rubbish from this fireman. He should stick to fire business not politics, he is not the labour party, just a union secretary.

Why does the BBC pay weird low music?

Beeb propaganda

we need to ask the deeper question as to why even the slightest criticisms of the state of israel is considered racist