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Senior UK Labour party lawmakers ‘exasperated’ at handling of anti-Semitism
 [IsraelTimes] A senior politician of the UK Labour Party said Friday that she, along with other members of the shadow cabinet, are frustrated at the party’s failure to properly address anti-Semitism within its ranks and suggested that an independent system may be necessary to handle the matter.Labour has been split apart by claims that the party has become hostile to Jews under the far-left leader MP Jeremy Corbyn, a harsh Israel critic and longtime supporter of the Paleostinian cause. Shadow Education Secretary MP Angela Rayner, considered to be an ally of Corbyn, said that her fellow shadow cabinet members ‐ the Labour body charged with presenting the party’s policies on current events ‐ are "totally exasperated by the failure of our movement to be able to deal with this issue," The Guardian newspaper reported Saturday. Another senior politician from the party told the newspaper that Labour had lost over 100,000 members since its peak in 2016, and was now in financial difficulty. "The membership has dropped to around 400,000 [from more than half a million] and we are losing money," the anonymous MP said. "We are not in a fit state to fight an election which I think we are heading towards."
Last Wednesday Chris Williamson, a Corbyn ally, was reinstated after being suspended pending an ethics review but the decision was then reversed following wide protest, including from within the Labour party. Some 90 senior members of the Party have urged its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, to expel Williamson who was filmed in February telling a meeting that the party was "too apologetic" and had "given too much ground" in its response to anti-Semitism allegations. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-07-01 |
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