“It’s very painful for me to say that…the failure to deal with the racism that is anti-semitism is particular and clearly is a problem.”
The Prime Minister replies by contrasting her work on the negotiations to Corbyn’s internal battles over antisemitism.
Just asking.
Four factors are bringing the debate to a head – but there is precious little sign that the forces of decency will defeat their Corbynite opponents.
The former Prime Minister calls on the Party to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition.
The former Chief Rabbi says that he “believed it could not happen here and still believe that it must not happen here”.
“The leadership is doing nothing substantive to address this erosion of our core values. It saddens me to say that we are increasingly seen as a racist party.”
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The Tories have been ahead only once since the summit, though the shift away from them has flattened out.
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Our Executive Editor dissects Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen’s attempt to dismiss facts about the Labour leader as “hearsay”.
All concerned want to save face over the Johnson burqa row – May, Lewis and the man himself. Here’s a rough and ready way to correct its mishandling.
Any proceedings against him under the Party’s Code of Conduct threaten a cats-cradle of conflicts of interest and breaches of natural justice.
Once a seat reaches 30 per cent BME population, it goes Labour. In 2010, this applied to 75 seats. By 2022, it could apply to around 120 seats.