An Introduction to some of my views on Anti-Semitism in general and the Conservative party since its birth in 1834.
There’s been a lot said and written by our media, mainstream and social about racism and anti-semitism over the last dozen years, and mainly the last four years. After the very close general election result in 2017 with Jeremy Corbyn as the Labour leader who came within a few percentages points to beat Theresa Mays Conservatives, who in the run up to the election had a huge lead of 21 points in the polls. Yes one could say there was a mini earthquake right across the media and country. It even discombobulated me personally, no way could i see our mainly right wing media, and the most powerful people who really control this country, ever let a left wing socialist like Corbyn ever get close again to winning another General Election. And along with the many Blairite’s still in and around the periphery of the Labour party. Yes the rest is History.
And having lived and seen racism and anti-semtism close up, its rises and falls all of my life since my early teens in the 1950s, to this day in the UK, and have always stood up and been counted against them when possible, sometimes one succeeds, but with most racists it’s a losing battle. It becomes ingrained in there whole thinking and attitudes if not their psyche, and you find yourself talking to a blank wall. They also have many tricks to try to confuse one, or divert ones original thoughts, especially the more clever ones who seem to get some strange joy from it.
So with my life’s experiences and knowledge of the subject, and what i have seen over recent years, i set my self a task which i knew would be very difficult and very time consuming, something i always find i’m fighting or rushing, ageing does that to people. I always knew that the media and it’s disciples ignored conveniently how much anti-semitism there was in the Conservative party’s history past and present, so they could spend all their time and energy labeling Corbyn and the left of the Labour party which included myself who has always been to the left in politics anti-semites, which personally i found insulting to the extreme. I have always known that anti-semitism was everywhere in the UK in political party’s in degrees and in the everyday conversations by non political people, i also put a figure on it which was between five to seven percent and why most of my time on social media i did my best to not even talk about it until recently, because i always thought rightly or wrongly nobody wins and everyone loses. And as someone who always tried to be as honest as i can without hurting people, and a lover of facts and detest fake propaganda and liars and cheats, i owe it to myself, if to nobody else to speak or write as i feel over this subject, knowing i could be attacked from all quarters. but to at least have it on record. So i will get on with my blog which could take a few weeks knowing me and my life.
The very long blog will follow below this original comment, and i will be doing it in parts, one, two, three etc, because of its length. And forgive any typos etc , because most of my life i was an engineer and not a secretary with a typewriter in a office somewhere.
Colin H Baker 