Peterborough's new Labour MP has made no effort to reach out to her Jewish constituents who are feeling "more vulnerable" since her unexpected victory amid an antisemitism row, a community representatitve has said.
Janet Berkman, honorary secretary of the city's Liberal community, told the JC there had “certainly not” been any contact from Lisa Forbes, who won the by-election last week despite revelations that she had liked conspiracy theory posts promoting Jew-hate.
She was found to have liked a Facebook post that said Theresa May had a “Zionist Slave Master's agenda” days before the election and endorsed a message that said Islamic extremists were created by the CIA and Mossad.
She was also among the signatories to a letter circulated last August by the pro-Corbyn “Jewish Voice for Labour” fringe group which opposed the adoption of the full IHRA definition of antisemitism by Labour.
