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Is it safe for Jews to vote Labour?

Dame Louise Ellman, Melanie Phillips, Josh Simons, Mike Katz and Ian Austin give us their views

May 23, 2024 12:19
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From left: Josh Simons, Louise Ellman, Mike Katz, Ian Austin and Melanie Phillips
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Dame Louise Ellman, ex-Labour MP

The former chair of the Jewish Labour Movement and MP for Liverpool Riverside, Dame Louise Ellman resigned from Labour in 2019 in protest against antisemitism in the party, but has since rejoined under Sir Keir Starmer

I joined Labour in the 1960s and it was my life. I was first elected to local government in 1970 and was elected to Parliament to represent Liverpool Riverside in 1997.

Everything was great until Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the Labour Party.