‘You had one job’: Labour Party derided over Passover tweet fail
Amid an ongoing anti-Semitism row that has plagued the party for months, Labour’s well-intentioned (now-deleted) Passover tweet contained a galling error that did not escape eagle-eyed Twitter users.
“As Jewish people prepare for Passover, we're wishing everyone in the Jewish community chag sameach. #Passover,” Labour tweeted. Harmless enough, right? Sadly, one critical detail in the accompanying image in the tweet is what did the damage.
The image contained a loaf of bread alongside a Star of David and a cup. The entire festival of passover is specifically entered around not eating bread, however, as legions of irate commenters tweeted at the Labour Party.
Jews don't eat bread at passover. The main thing about passover is that you don't eat bread. You eat matzoh. Lots of Jews who do nothing else all year will stop eating bread for passover. It's Jew 101.
— Hugo Rifkind (@hugorifkind) April 19, 2019
This is a loaf of bread. Passover is about NOT eating bread, this just shows your complete lack of knowledge of our community. Utterly disgraceful.
— GnasherJew #LeftAntisemitism (@GnasherJew) April 19, 2019
— (((Charley M))) 🐑 (@charley_yorks) April 19, 2019
One would almost think using a LOAF OF LEAVENED BREAD was 100% a deliberate mockery here... pic.twitter.com/f2nrAbdPkc
— ((( Little Big Mouth ))) (@1littleBIGMOUTH) April 19, 2019
Re that Labour bread thing.. I am genuinely sitting at my desk smiling to myself... it's almost tragic how incompetent that error is. Like... you had one job
— Jack Mendel (@Mendelpol) April 19, 2019
— David J Solomons (@DavidJSolomons) April 19, 2019
Next up, Labour Lunch to celebrate Ramadan.
— Pete Kennedy (@PeteKennedy) April 19, 2019
Labour has been dogged by accusations that is has acted too slowly in investigating claims of anti-Semitism in its ranks.
In February, a group of Labour MP's announced they were quitting the party over both its handling of Brexit and what they saw as an "institutionally anti-Semitic" leadership.
It became such a toxic issue for the party that it even led to veteran Labour MP Margaret Hodge allegedly calling Corbyn an “anti-Semite" in the House of Commons.
Also on rt.com 'Dumped old fashioned politics': 7 Labour MPs resign from the party over Brexit, 'anti-Semitism'A damage control tweet was posted shortly afterwards, but the outraged Twitter collective was merciless and unrelenting for the earlier gaffe.
As Jewish people prepare for Passover, we're wishing everyone in the Jewish community chag sameach. #Passoverpic.twitter.com/qAu1oqYWTu
— The Labour Party (@UKLabour) April 19, 2019
Good to see you guys changed the previous one! Seriously, you had one job! #Passoverpic.twitter.com/w7c9CwHhuY
— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) April 19, 2019
Where is the picture with the bread? pic.twitter.com/BIF5Lz3cdL
— George Glass (@_George_Glass_) April 19, 2019
— Richard Pollins (@richpollins) April 19, 2019
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