Matt Waddup, the member of staff responsible for the UCU activist list has now sent the following email to the list:

Time for one of my universally popular interventions

I have received complaints from list members about the linking by another member to a website which contains highly offensive, racist material.

I acted to suspend the posting rights of the list member as soon as the union became aware of the link, and having reviewed this and previous conduct; I have now suspended their list membership indefinitely.

List members should note that my view as moderator is that you are responsible for what you post, including links.

Check what you are sharing before you share it. Think about what you are saying before you press send.

Best to all

Matt

So the UCU seems to be excluding Delich. But it has taken no responsibility for the incident.

It has taken no responsibility for the fact that it had already cleared Delich, in two formal investigations, of any wrongdoing. The UCU was told that there was a problem of antisemitism. It was given the evidence. And it refused, until now, to do anything about it.

Nevertheless today's move against Delich is significant. It is the first time that UCU has come near to recognizing that there is any problem of antisemitism in the union. It constitutes the final crumbling of the “criticism of Israel or Israeli policy are not, as such, antisemitic” brick wall.