Everything You Need To Know About The Anti-Semitism Fight Engulfing British Politics
It began with a Facebook post invoking Hitler and has somehow only gotten worse and weirder.
The United Kingdom is basically the birthplace of parliamentary democracy, so it's no wonder that they keep finding new and exciting ways to show the world just how weird and banal a system it can be.
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This particular tale begins on Tuesday, when a political blog called Guido Fawkes unearthed old Facebook posts from Member of Parliament (MP) Naz Shah, a member of the left-of-center Labour Party.
Shah gained national prominence during the last election when she managed to defeat Respect Party firebrand George Galloway and take his seat in Parliament. Since then, she's made a name for herself highlighting issues important to British Muslims, including whether groups getting government counterterrorism funding should be investigated.
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