Observer ignoring key issues

Whilst it is to be expected that a centre-left newspaper will respond when the Labour party clearly has a "problem with antisemitism", having the front page headline and story, plus three pages, including a very damning editorial, devoted to the subject, smacks of anti-Corbyn bias (Only action, not words, can purge this evil from Labour, 01.04.18). "Words without deeds are meaningless" indeed, but nowhere in the paper could be found criticism of the Tory leader, despite her being the arch-exponent of spouting rhetoric, with no intention of taking action.

         In a week when the national living wage was due to rise, accompanied by more  government claims of tackling "burning injustices", an editorial on May`s broken promises would not have gone amiss, especially as the average pay of British workers is still 6% below its pre-financial crash level. Wouldn`t it have been apposite to cover the fact that the week would also see a massive £2.5bn of working-age benefit cuts taking effect? According to the Resolution Foundation, these will cut the income of the "just about managing", the group May promised particularly to help on coming to power in July 2016, by about £1000 a year!

      Labour is not the only party "harbouring antisemitic voices", but it is the only one dealing with it, and with a leader prepared to take some action to remedy the situation. Meanwhile, the government, aided by its right-wing allies in the media, escapes the criticism it deserves for its continued policies of austerity, underfunding of key services, selling arms to despotic leaders for illegal wars, and botching Brexit. Yet the Observer, even with local elections looming, chooses to join the gutter press in lambasting Corbyn for not taking enough action! It appears the only action with which the press will be satisfied is his resignation. Shame on you all!