"I'm not a Jew. That is as deep a slur as I can imagine. ..."

Not my words obviously but those of an Arsenal Football Club supporter as reported in The JC as they describe some of the workings of the Arsenal supporters site 'We Are The Herd':

'Anti-racism campaigners have condemned an Arsenal fansite which uses stars of David to denote which members have donated the least to the site.

Members of the Arsenal fan forum We Are The Herd, which has more than 1,000 members, must donate in order to access certain areas of the site. Members who have not donated have Magen Davids placed next to their names whenever they post.

The site contains numerous antisemitic postings, including one member "Binesy," who, referring to the star next to his name, wrote: "I'm not a Jew. That is as deep a slur as I can imagine. ..."

Another fan posted: "The Jews and their accomplices are draining the wealth and expecting the poorer sections of society to repay their thieving."

The site describes itself as the "premier alternative Arsenal website."

A CST spokesman said: "This kind of casual and pervasive antisemitism is quite disgusting. Arsenal fans, both Jewish and non-Jewish, must intervene to stop this kind of nonsense."

An Arsenal spokesman said that although the club was unwilling to tell fans which sites they should and should not visit, it would not endorse racist and antisemitic comments made by fans.

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No-one from We Are The Herd was available for comment.'

Lovely simply lovely and I am not reassured that The JC later reported that:

'The administrators of an Arsenal fan forum which used stars of David to denote which users had failed to donate to the site have apologised and promised to change the symbol.

The administrators of the site were adamant that the symbol was used because of the nickname for their football rivals, Tottenham Hotspur, is the Yids.'

Casual anti-Semitism is rife in the UK and has been for the whole of my life but over the last 10 years or so it has got worse as the BBC and other left-wing media have stepped up their attacks on, and spreading lies about, Israel.