“Matthew, there’s no place for antisemitism in our movement,” an email from Jeremy Corbyn declared yesterday. OK, it wasn’t just to me, it went to everyone on Labour’s database. Having spent months insisting there was no problem, the Labour leader went on to announce he was setting up a “minisite” to educate his supporters in how not to be racist. “Over the coming months, the party will produce educational materials on a number of specific forms of racism and bigotry. Our first materials are on antisemitism, recognising that anti-Jewish bigotry has reared its head in our movement.”Indeed it has.

Source: The Times July 22, 2019 08:03 UTC