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An Orthodox Jew Is Running For Jeremy Corbyn’s Parliamentary Seat
That’s a good thing since David, a social worker from London, is going to need one to succeed in his new mission: unseating Jeremy Corbyn from Parliament in the general election on Dec. 12. David registered recently as a candidate of the right-wing Brexit Party for the Islington North constituency in London, in what the Jewish News of London characterized as a "challenge" in an article Tuesday. In 2017, the district elected Corbyn, the Labour Party’s leader, with 73 percent of the vote. Only 0.8 percent went to UKIP, the party from which the Brexit Party splintered off. Labour has won in Islington North in every election since 1937. David acknowledges that he’s probably no match for Corbyn. "I am aware that overturning a 30,000-plus majority would be a miracle," David told the Jewish News. So why run? In the interview, David said it was a way of "highlighting the impact of the antisemitism epidemic in the Labour Party on the community." Posted by: trailing wife 2019-11-14 |
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