Tag: Labour Party
Corbyn suspended by British Labour Party following findings in anti-Semitism report
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...
Labour Party to pay damages to whistleblowers who voiced anti-Semitic concerns
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,...
UK Labour Party member apologizes for online anti-Semitic remarks
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...
Anti-Semitism gets you fired at Labour, but hired by the ‘Times’
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 education secretary ousted for sharing ‘anti-Semitic conspiracy theory’
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...
UK Labour general secretary resigns after tenure tainted with anti-Semitism
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...
Report: Hostility to Corbyn stymied British Labour Party effort to face anti-Semitism
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...
Jeremy Corbyn in historical perspective
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...
UK’s Labour elects new leader after Corbyn with goal to quash anti-Semitism in party
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...
Johnson takes opportunity to berate Labour’s anti-Semitic ‘bullying and discrimination’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson criticized a member of the Labour Party during a Parliament session on Wednesday for her party’s anti-Semitic “bullying and discrimination” against those who support Israel and the Jewish people.
Labour...