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The Jewish Chronicle

No more holding back. This was the final straw

August 11, 2016 10:33
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ByMarcus Dysch, Marcus Dysch

2 min read

"This is it. Stand up and be counted."

In eight words, Labour peer Parry Mitchell succinctly summed up on Tuesday morning why he will leave the party next month if Jeremy Corbyn remains leader.

In far angrier sentences at the end of last week, British Jewry's leading institutions provided an uncharacteristic display of their disgust with Mr Corbyn, and blasting to smithereens any lingering chances of a future working relationship with him.

There should be no illusions now; this is the end - of both the Jewish community's cordial, almost century-long relationship with the Labour Party, and quite probably of the Labour Party in its current form.