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Should Nick Clegg have sacked Jenny Tonge?

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On the point: This is the last straw

This isn't the first time Jenny Tonge has caused this kind of row.
First she expressed her desire to be a suicide bomber, she's been on the antisemitic Press TV, and she said Jews in Britain should be ashamed of the actions of Israel.
Nick Clegg has defended her, but his loyalty is misplaced. She has smeared Israel, and her reported repentance for it rings hollow in the light of her latest outburst. It is the last straw. The time has come for Clegg to demonstrate that her demonisation of Israel and her apparent prejudice towards Jews will no longer be tolerated. In so doing he may redeem his own record of perceived hostility to the Jewish State. 
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Frankly, Clegg and the various LibDem leaders before him have amply illustrated their support for Tonge and her vile prejudices. They are rightly perceived as a party inimical to the Jewish state and deserve Tonge as their mascot.

It isn't fair that her allegations are judged without scrutiny or investigation.

When someone stakes a claim it should looked into; she should not have been sacked without evidence that the claim was false.

When a large faction of anti-Israel/anti-Zionism fanatics
are Jews/Rabbis themselves the idea that it's anti-Semitic
becomes hard to digest.

Yes, because... This is the last straw

 

No, because...

This isn't the first time Jenny Tonge has caused this kind of row. First she expressed her desire to be a suicide bomber, she's been on the antisemitic Press TV, and she said Jews in Britain should be ashamed of the actions of Israel. Nick Clegg has defended her, but his loyalty is misplaced. She has smeared Israel, and her reported repentance for it rings hollow in the light of her latest outburst. It is the last straw. The time has come for Clegg to demonstrate that her demonisation of Israel and her apparent prejudice towards Jews will no longer be tolerated. In so doing he may redeem his own record of perceived hostility to the Jewish State.

Frankly, Clegg and the various LibDem leaders before him have amply illustrated their support for Tonge and her vile prejudices. They are rightly perceived as a party inimical to the Jewish state and deserve Tonge as their mascot.

 

It isn't fair that her allegations are judged without scrutiny or investigation.

When someone stakes a claim it should looked into; she should not have been sacked without evidence that the claim was false.

When a large faction of anti-Israel/anti-Zionism fanatics are Jews/Rabbis themselves the idea that it's anti-Semitic becomes hard to digest.