‘Institutionally Antisemitic’: Three Labour Lords Resign Whip over Antisemitism.
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VICTORIA FRIEDMAN 9 Jul 2019Three members of the House of Lords have resigned the party whip over Labour’s ongoing antisemitism scandals, BBC Newsnight revealed.
Former general secretary of the Labour Party Lord Triesman has resigned the whip, writing in his resignation that Labour was “plainly institutionally antisemitic” and that the party was no longer “a safe environment” for Jewish people.
The peer then accused party leader Jeremy Corbyn of antisemitism, saying he “and his circle are antisemitic, having never once made the right judgement call about an issue reflecting deep prejudice”.
The attack was the strongest since Dame Margaret Hodge MP called Corbyn an “antisemite and a racist” last year.
Lord Triesman also accused the parting of “shield[ing]” antisemites, while “serious party members are thrown out unceremoniously”.
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