Former Labour Minister Bridget Prentice quits Party over “shameful” and “mealy mouthed” failure to tackle antisemitism
Bridget Prentice, the former Labour minister and MP for Lewisham East, has resigned from the Party over its failure to tackle antisemitism. In a letter posted on Twitter, Ms Prentice wrote: “Over the past three years I have watched in horror as Jewish members have begged for support against the growth of antisemitism both within […]
Witnesses sought over antisemitic violence and verbal abuse targeting elderly man and young boys in St Johns Wood
Witness are being sought over two antisemitic attacks by the same perpetrator on Saturday 4th May as Jews returned home from synagogue in St John’s Wood, in London. The first attack took place at approximately 12:10 directly outside St John’s Wood Synagogue on Grove End Road. Two men, one of them elderly and walking very […]
Leak shows Labour took months to act over antisemitism cases, and waited a year to launch formal investigation into comments by Ken Livingstone
BuzzFeed News has obtained hundreds of internal Labour Party e-mails revealing that Labour’s Compliance Unit took took months to act over antisemitism cases, including procrastinating for a year before eventually launching a formal investigation into comments by the disgraced former Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. The e-mails were passed to BuzzFeed News by a former […]