This is what ‘militant Judaism’ looks like. This is as violent, as brutal, as radical, as terrorist and as conspiratorial as it gets in our house. This is the blessing of the sabbath candles. One of the few things we let the gels do (probably why Judaism never really caught on in any big way in most of London. “You light the candles, then go away and leave everything else to us men”), so they light the candles and say a (very) little prayer with eyes covered. And its lovely to see.

But now Labour have ‘suspended’ Peter Willsman, one of their national executive (whatever the fuck that means) for ‘allegations’ of anti-semitism. What the tosser did was accuse the Israeli embassy of orchestrating all those accusations of anti-semitism against Jeremy Corbyn, just to destabilise him. Those bloody Jews/Israelis!!!!

One of the oldest accepted forms of anti-semitism is blaming the Jews for their own downfall and for others actions against them. That’s even accepted by the Labour party’s own rather loose and woolly definitions. But serial racist Willsman never got the memo. The irony being that Alastair Campbell was thrown out of the party within 24 hours of his perceived ‘crime’, whereas Willsman has just received a suspension. Again. But please: “Labour is dealing with claims of anti-semitism very seriously”. Yeah. Right.

The problem with tonight is that I quite like Liverpool. I wish I didn’t and to be honest if it was any other contender to be in an all-England Champions League final; Chelsea, the Manchesters… that’s it really for ‘contenders’, I could really hate them. But Liverpool I don’t. So I’ll have to temporarily suspend my un-hatred of them at 8pm tonight, that I may savour the match more fully.

And what a match it promises to be. It promises… errrr… well, football… errrr… excitement, even if its dull, a winner, even if its undeserved, and… lots of alcohol to be consumed by anyone not actually kickin’ or blowin’ a whistle. If we win (may it please the Lord Almighty, pth, pth, pth) I’ll be amazed. If we lose I’ll be shattered. But the more I read and hear about how, basically, ‘Liverpool have already won it’, the happier it makes me. I like to be the underdog. And although Spurs failed to play any decent football in the league for the last couple of months, we are definitely something totally different in Champions League matches.

It’s finally here. O.M.Geeeeee…

Happy Saturday (so far)

A xxxx