Anti-Jewish hate, conspiracy theories and abuse have become far too common in parts of the Labour Party. And that’s devastating for all of us who joined the Labour movement because we’re anti-racist and there are lots of us.
The majority of Labour Party members aren’t antisemitic but those that are need to be expelled immediately. There is no place for hate in my party.
May 28 last year was one of the blackest days in Labour’s history, when the Equality and Human Rights Commission announced its investigation to determine whether the Labour Party, the party of Manny Shinwell, was institutionally antisemitic.
Following on from Luciana Berger’s resignation from the party, it was a moment that for all of us who had been demanding action for months and months showed just how far we’d sunk — and the need for desperate change.
