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Related: About this forumLabour antisemitism row: public figures say they cannot vote for party under Corbyn
Source: The Guardian
Labour antisemitism row: public figures say they cannot vote for party under Corbyn
John Le Carré and Joanna Lumley among signatories to letter condemning partys stance
Rowena Mason and Frances Perraudin
Thu 14 Nov 2019 17.39 GMT
Last modified on Thu 14 Nov 2019 21.10 GMT
The authors John Le Carré and William Boyd are among a string of public figures declaring they refuse to vote Labour because of its association with antisemitism.
In a letter to the Guardian, they said: To ignore it because Brexit looms larger is to declare that anti-Jewish prejudice is a price worth paying for a Labour government.
Both Le Carré, whose real name is David Cornwell, and Boyd have previously expressed strongly anti-Brexit views. They joined others including Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia who has previously been sympathetic to Labour, the actor Simon Callow , and the historians Antony Beevor, Tom Holland and Dan Snow.
Trevor Phillips, a former Labour politician and ex-chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), and Fiyaz Mughal, the founder of the Tell Mama group fighting Islamophobia, also said they could not vote Labour.
The letter said: The coming election is momentous for every voter, but for British Jews it contains a particular anguish: the prospect of a prime minister steeped in association with antisemitism. Under Jeremy Corbyns leadership, Labour has come under formal investigation by the EHRC for institutional racism against Jews. Two Jewish MPs have been bullied out of the party. Mr Corbyn has a long record of embracing antisemites as comra
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John Le Carré and Joanna Lumley among signatories to letter condemning partys stance
Rowena Mason and Frances Perraudin
Thu 14 Nov 2019 17.39 GMT
Last modified on Thu 14 Nov 2019 21.10 GMT
The authors John Le Carré and William Boyd are among a string of public figures declaring they refuse to vote Labour because of its association with antisemitism.
In a letter to the Guardian, they said: To ignore it because Brexit looms larger is to declare that anti-Jewish prejudice is a price worth paying for a Labour government.
Both Le Carré, whose real name is David Cornwell, and Boyd have previously expressed strongly anti-Brexit views. They joined others including Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia who has previously been sympathetic to Labour, the actor Simon Callow , and the historians Antony Beevor, Tom Holland and Dan Snow.
Trevor Phillips, a former Labour politician and ex-chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), and Fiyaz Mughal, the founder of the Tell Mama group fighting Islamophobia, also said they could not vote Labour.
The letter said: The coming election is momentous for every voter, but for British Jews it contains a particular anguish: the prospect of a prime minister steeped in association with antisemitism. Under Jeremy Corbyns leadership, Labour has come under formal investigation by the EHRC for institutional racism against Jews. Two Jewish MPs have been bullied out of the party. Mr Corbyn has a long record of embracing antisemites as comra
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/14/labour-antisemitism-row-public-figures-say-they-cannot-vote-for-party-under-corbyn
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Labour antisemitism row: public figures say they cannot vote for party under Corbyn (Original Post)
Eugene
Nov 2019
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EllieBC
(2,990 posts)1. How have they not ousted him???
Why is he still around?
Behind the Aegis
(53,921 posts)2. Because the charge is "anti-Semitism".
And as we all know, anti-Semitism doesn't exist on the left, only the right, any "anti-Semitism" on the left is just "fake news" and suppression of poor souls trying to speak "truthtopower" in regards to Palestine.
Sound about right?