Syed Siddiqi – another case of Labour party injustice
JVL Introduction
The treatment of Syed Siddiqi, a Bangladeshi health worker active in his union and in Ilford South Labour Party, is a shameful testament to the racism long complained of by Black and Muslim party members.
His long suspension was one of the main cases covered in the leaked report into the party’s handling of antisemitism complaints, recently ratified by the Forde Report.
Despite continuing as a loyal and hard-working activist in Ilford South, Siddiqi has recently been suspended again. The latest action deprives MP Sam Tarry, who is himself fighting right wing efforts to prevent him standing again as parliamentary candidate, of a valued member of his team. We republish here Skwawkbox’s account of Siddiqi’s travails.
This article was originally published by Skwawkbox on Tue 6 Sep 2022. Read the original here.
Labour again suspends Islamophobia victim featured in leaked report
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Lets please note that JVL has now posted three articles in quick succession that show the Labour Party to have been taken over by Starmer’s Charlatans, nothing more, nothing less!!
This is a new low. Clear evidence of racism yet the perpetrator is unscathed and the victim punished. The whole thing is clearly politically motivated and based around personal agendas of political ambition, nothing that Siddiqi did.. Alongside the article about Gary Ostrolenk it paints a distressing picture of both Jews and Muslims being at the heart of Starmer’s purge, and this in a Party that claims to oppose racism. Shameful.
The Forde Report: now there’s a thing. It was beginning to take on the aura of a fairytale, but no, it finally appeared after 2 years gestation. However what has resulted from its eventual publication? Sweet FA from the LP leader, who seems to pretend it is now of no importance. After all it is refers to events of over 2 years ago. I look to the fast approaching party conference. I don’t think KS does.
More evidence if it were needed that the Forde Report has somehow become a no-go area for the current party leadership. Evidence confirmed, but in a half-hearted manner by Forde, has as far as I know has triggered little if any action on the GLU (in particular) members who tried their level best to prevent a Corbyn and hence a Labour election victory. Surely this is the most serious political crime, harming Labour’s chances in a GE, yet what has happened. On a different scale to ‘bringing the party into disrepute’! The above series of actions taken by the right of Syed Siddiqi’s CLP and the NEC is a faithful echo of how so many have been expelled/suspended on nebulous antisemitism and other charges.