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Jeremy Corbyn, former leader of the British Labour Party. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Why Britain’s Labour Party will struggle to erase its moral stain

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The report of an 18-month inquiry into anti-Semitism in Britain’s Labour Party has now been published. Almost instantly, it produced a dramatic and unexpected result. The Equalities and Human Rights Commission, which conducted the inquiry,...
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Corbyn suspended by British Labour Party following findings in anti-Semitism report

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The British Labour Party has suspended its former leader, Jeremy Corbyn, after a watchdog group in the United Kingdom found that the party’s leadership has failed to address anti-Semitism and complaints about hatred towards...
A poster outside of the British Labour Party conference alluding to Jeremy Corbyn. Credit: James Marlow.

Labour Party to pay damages to whistleblowers who voiced anti-Semitic concerns

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The Labour Party in the United Kingdom has agreed to pay substantial damages to seven former employees who sued for defamation after they raised concerns of anti-Semitism in the opposition party. The whistleblowers—Louise Withers Green,...
British Labour Party member Lloyd Russell-Moyle. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

UK Labour Party member apologizes for online anti-Semitic remarks

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A senior member of the British Labour Party has apologized for anti-Semitic comments online prior to his current position. Lloyd Russell-Moyle, 33, a shadow environment minister, made the remarks before becoming a member of Parliament...
“The New York Times” building in Midtown Manhattan. Credit: Ajay Suresh via Wikimedia Commons.

Anti-Semitism gets you fired at Labour, but hired by the ‘Times’

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It turns out The New York Times has lower standards when it comes to those who spread anti-Semitic canards than even Britain’s controversial Labour Party. Tweeting an anti-Semitic blood libel about Israel being responsible for teaching...
British Labour MP Rebecca Long-Bailey. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

British education secretary ousted for sharing ‘anti-Semitic conspiracy theory’

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British Labour Party member Rebecca Long-Bailey was ousted on Thursday as shadow education secretary after sharing an “anti-Semitic conspiracy theory” on Twitter. Long-Bailey, an ally of former U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, was asked by...
Former U.K. Labour General Secretary Jennie Formby. Source: Screenshot.

UK Labour general secretary resigns after tenure tainted with anti-Semitism

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U.K. Labour General Secretary Jennie Formby, who once said it’s “impossible to eradicate anti-Semitism,” has resigned from the position, the party has announced. Formby said she applied for the role two years ago “to support...
Jeremy Corbyn, former leader of the British Labour Party. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Report: Hostility to Corbyn stymied British Labour Party effort to face anti-Semitism

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A leaked internal British Labour Party report into the party’s handling of anti-Semitism claims that inner-party hostility to then-party leader Jeremy Corbyn impeded the party’s efforts to confront the issue. The 860-page report, which does...
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, May 12, 2017. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Jeremy Corbyn in historical perspective

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The era of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the opposition Labour Party in the United Kingdom mercifully came to an end last week, with the election of the more centrist-minded Sir Keir Starmer as his...
British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

UK’s Labour elects new leader after Corbyn with goal to quash anti-Semitism in party

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The U.K. Labour Party elected Keir Starmer over the weekend as its new leader, replacing Jeremy Corbyn, who has long been accused of letting anti-Semitism plague the party, in addition to himself holding hateful...