Williamson anti-Semitism suspension appeal: see how the mass media got their story wrong

Look at the state of this:

Way to make a hash of it, BBC!

How can Chris Williamson have lost his appeal if the High Court ruled his suspension was unlawful? It doesn’t make sense, does it?

The fact of the matter is this:

Chris Williamson won his appeal against being re-suspended on a charge for which he had already been through the Labour Party’s disciplinary procedure.

This means Labour may not apply disciplinary measures against him over the speech in which he said the party had been “too apologetic” when accusations had been levelled against it.

However: the court said Mr Williamson must go through the party’s disciplinary procedure with regard to a second suspension, on different charges.

At a hearing last month, his barrister Aileen McColgan told the judge, Mr Justice Pepperall, that these further allegations “for the most part concern the claimant’s measured and reasonable exercise of freedom of expression … or are premised on the idea of ‘guilt by association'”.

She added: “It appears from the timing … that the purpose of the decision to raise these allegations now, and to impose a second suspension on the claimant, is to seek to ensure that he will remain suspended even if this claim is successful and that he will therefore remain disqualified from selection in the forthcoming general election.”

It appears she was right, as this is exactly what has happened.

That is a fact that should shame those in the Labour Party who raised the second set of charges. Personally, I consider them to be nothing more than dirty victimisation.

Now the focus will be on Labour’s disciplinary procedure. Has the party cleaned up its act or with the NEC tell the judging panel to find against him no matter what, as happened to This Writer?

Whatever happens, Labour can only hope to cover itself with more shame. Remember: the judgement is that the party was wrong to re-suspend him on the original charge and the court heard that the second suspension was only – spitefully – to ensure that he could not be a candidate in a snap general election.

Source: MP Chris Williamson loses anti-Semitism suspension appeal – BBC News

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  1. trev October 10, 2019 at 5:35 pm - Reply

    What are the BBC playing at? It’s either very sloppy journalism or it’s biased reporting. Which is it beeb?

  2. kipperwacker October 11, 2019 at 4:11 pm - Reply

    It was a matter of procedure wasn’t it? https://labourlist.org/2019/10/why-chris-williamson-remains-suspended-from-the-labour-party/ So he’s wasted a huge amount of other people’s money on a procedural point.
    Or are the court wrong?
    He’s proven nothing and your own misreporting proves your bias

    • Mike Sivier October 11, 2019 at 6:48 pm - Reply

      No, the court was right.
      Labour was wrong to impose a second suspension – remember, he had already been re-suspended – in order to ensure that he remained suspended after the court found for him.
      That is victimisation.
      I am biased – in favour of justice.
      What does your bias favour, I wonder?

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