Trevor Phillips

Trevor Phillips Whilst the Patel issue was dying this has taken it off the front pages and I suspect the Phillips issue is going to run and run for some time It may well be a diversionary tactic in advance of EHRC Report >accusing many people and organisations of islamophobia with Labour’s change of definition broadening the range of accusations they are able to make The people running the Party are experienced political operators and obviously they were going to engage in mitigation tactics in advance of the report Strange that they should do it now at an important time in the Leadership election! Perhaps they think that if Sir K wins he will use the Report to clear out the Marxist left so they have to get their defence in now. Having launched it Sir K may find it difficult to stop! And who do you attack but one of the most respected anti-racist experts in the country whose opinions are considered pragmatic and common sense on race issues irrespective of your political allegiance I do not know if Phillips is popular with Members of the Labour Party and perhaps there is more to this than meets the eye>will Sir K be put on the spot? Will he be asked if he supports the new definition of islamophobia and the suspension? >hard to imagine that Sir K thinks Philips is a bad guy nor Landy but the likes of RLB and Burgon will just say they support the democratic decision of the Party and the investigation must take its course Am I reading too much conspiracy into this strange action!....there has to be a political dimension in this decision and it is certainly not to make Labour more popular with the electorate and Red Wall voters!