{"id":38527,"date":"2023-12-08T11:12:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T11:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/?p=38527"},"modified":"2023-12-18T18:54:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T18:54:11","slug":"police-investigating-tweet-by-bristol-university-professor-calling-for-jewish-labour-movement-event-to-be-blown-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/2023\/12\/08\/police-investigating-tweet-by-bristol-university-professor-calling-for-jewish-labour-movement-event-to-be-blown-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Police investigating tweet by Bristol University  Professor calling for Jewish Labour Movement event to be &#8220;blown up&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police have said they are investigating reports that Bristol University Professor allegedly called for &#8220;somebody [to] blow up the venue&#8221; of the Jewish Labour Movement&#8217;s One Day Conference, in a now-deleted post on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harriet Bradley, the University of Bristol&#8217;s Emeritus Professor of Sociology, is said to have posted the comment yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Jewish Labour Movement said it had had it confirmed from the university this morning that Bradley&#8217;s emeritus status has been revoked. The group &#8220;thank the university for their swift action&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been reported that the University of the West of England have also stripped Bradley of her status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have been warning repeatedly about what happens when you allow calls for violent intifada on our streets week after week.<br><br>We have reported Harriet Bradley to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerrorismPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TerrorismPolice<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CEuLQnT8zo\">pic.twitter.com\/CEuLQnT8zo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Campaign Against Antisemitism (@antisemitism) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/antisemitism\/status\/1732758106008915987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emeritus status is given to retired academics who &#8220;have given a significant contribution to the University as an academic leader and for a significant period of time&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bradley apologised for the remark and said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-bristol-67659271\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-bristol-67659271\">she &#8220;deeply regrets&#8221; writing the post.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Avon and Somerset Police have recorded the post as &#8220;an incident of malicious communications&#8221;, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avonandsomerset.police.uk\/news\/2023\/12\/statement-issued-after-malicious-communications-investigation-launched\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.avonandsomerset.police.uk\/news\/2023\/12\/statement-issued-after-malicious-communications-investigation-launched\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have launched a investigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bradley, who was previously a councillor for Brislington West, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-bristol-50733700\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-bristol-50733700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suspended from the Labour Party in 2019<\/a> following allegations of anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday, we wrote to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BristolUni?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BristolUni<\/a> to express our deep concern over Bradley\u2019s position.<br><br>This morning, they informed us that Bradley\u2019s emeritus status has been revoked.<br><br>We thank the university for their swift action. We remain appalled at the sentiments expressed by Bradley. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3gSpRDkEmf\">https:\/\/t.co\/3gSpRDkEmf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jewish Labour Movement (@JewishLabour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JewishLabour\/status\/1733097166707499447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement to <em>Bower News<\/em> the President of Bristol JSoc, Harry Issacs, said: &#8220;We have already&nbsp;been in contact with the&nbsp;Union of Jewish Students on working on an adequate response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We hope to see all hate, racism and anti-semitism removed from campus.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Union of Jewish Students and Bristol JSoc published a a joint statement on X, calling for the University to act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A statement from UJS and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BristolJsoc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BristolJsoc<\/a> : <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dUdVWuMy6Z\">pic.twitter.com\/dUdVWuMy6Z<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Union of Jewish Students (@UJS_UK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UJS_UK\/status\/1732819974136221792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thangam Debbonaire, Labour MP for Bristol West, posted a statement supporting the Jewish Labour Movement. She has written to the University of Bristol about the situation, asking what action they will take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Solidarity with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JewishLabour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JewishLabour<\/a> &#8211; Ihave also written to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BristolUni?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BristolUni<\/a> this afternoon to ask what action they will take. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pZFDuddgfw\">https:\/\/t.co\/pZFDuddgfw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Thangam Debbonaire (@ThangamMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThangamMP\/status\/1732908341934882888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have said they are investigating reports that Bristol University Professor allegedly called for &#8220;somebody [to] blow up the venue&#8221; of the Jewish Labour Movement&#8217;s One Day Conference, in a now-deleted post on X. Harriet Bradley, the University of Bristol&#8217;s Emeritus Professor of Sociology, is said to have posted the comment yesterday. The Jewish Labour [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":38560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38527"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38700,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38527\/revisions\/38700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}