British Labour Party

Luciana Berger at a press conference in February 2019.
Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

March 15, 2023, 7:29 am

Jewish ex-MP Luciana Berger rejoins UK Labour

Berger, 41, resigned from Labour in 2019 under former leader Jeremy Corbyn, whom she accused of not doing enough to stamp out institutional antisemitism in the party.

Dame Louise Ellman addressing the online plenum. Photo: Screenshot

November 18, 2021, 9:30 am

Louise Ellman addresses NSW Jewish Board of Deputies

Longtime UK Jewish Labour Party MP Dame Louise Ellman shared shocking examples of being interrogated and bullied for speaking out about the antisemitism that infiltrated the party.

By Shane Desiatnik

The University of Sydney. Photo: Dreamstime.com

November 25, 2020, 1:55 pm

Antisemitism is alive and well at Sydney Uni

'The SRC’s support for Corbyn and gaslighting of world Jewry must be recognised for the antisemitic filth that it is'.

By Josh Feldman

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn arrives at the count centre in Islington, north London, on December 13, 2019 as votes are counted as part of the UK general election. - The Conservative Party appeared on course for a sweeping victory in Thursday's snap election, an exit poll showed, pointing toward the best result for the Conservatives since 1987. By contrast, the exit poll spells disaster for the main opposition Labour party which was projected to win just 191 seats -- its worst result since 1935. (Photo by ISABEL INFANTES / AFP)

From the WebNovember 18, 2020, 9:00 am

Corbyn readmitted to UK Labour after 19-day suspension

The British Labour party’s ruling body on Tuesday reinstated the party’s former leader Jeremy Corbyn following a brief suspension over antisemitism.

UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer. Photo: AP/Matt Dunham

June 29, 2020, 12:00 am

Starmer backs boycott, sacks MP over shared tweet

'There can be no space for this sort of action in any party and it is right that after so many challenging years Labour is now making this clear under its new leader'.

By AJN STAFF

From the WebApril 7, 2020, 11:45 am

Starmer pledges to set ‘new standard’ on antisemitism

UK Labour’s new leader Keir Starmer has pledged to set a “new standard” on the party’s handling of antisemitism in a video call with Jewish groups.

April 6, 2020, 10:44 am

‘It’s time to draw a line in the sand’

'56 words. That was all it has taken to reassure British Jews that, finally, the Leader of the Labour Party was going to act against the evil of anti-Jewish hate inside our ranks'.

By Ruth Smeeth

From the WebApril 6, 2020, 9:37 am

‘I will tear out poison of antisemitism’

Keir Starmer, who was elected as leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, apologised for how the party has handled antisemitism within its ranks and committed to making change.

Jeremy Corbyn during the declaration of his Islington seat. Photo: AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali

December 19, 2019, 5:00 am

UK Labour and the ALP: very different beasts

Burns: 'The Australian Labor Party is not about to follow British Labour into electoral irrelevance or into the dark fringes of antisemitism'.

By Josh Burns

British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, gestures after casting his vote in the general election, in Islington, London, England, December 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

December 18, 2019, 11:36 am

Antisemitism became a problem for the nation

'A fundamental issue which Jeremy Corbyn’s successor must prioritise is how to tackle the antisemitism which he enabled since being elected leader in 2015'.

By Vic Alhadeff

From the WebDecember 13, 2019, 9:05 am

UK exit poll: Corbyn not wanted

Placards at a protest against antisemitism in the UK earlier this month.

December 12, 2019, 12:51 pm

D-Day for UK

'What is more alarming? That Corbyn could soon be PM or that the British public cared so little about the feelings and fears of British Jewry that they allowed it to happen?'

By AJN STAFF

Jeremy Corbyn arriving to vote at a polling station in London in the June 2017
UK general election. Photo: AP/Frank Augstein

December 12, 2019, 5:00 am

Is support for Corbyn ignorance or something worse?

Rowan Dean: 'Many Jews have now fled the British Labour party. But if Corbyn wins, how many will start contemplating fleeing Britain itself?'

By Rowan Dean

From the WebDecember 4, 2019, 10:45 am

Corbyn finally says sorry for antisemitism in Labour

Jeremy Corbyn said on Tuesday that he was “sorry for everything that has happened” regarding the ongoing tensions between his Labour Party and the British Jewish community.

From the WebNovember 27, 2019, 10:16 am

Corbyn declines to apologise to Jews over Labour antisemitism

Pressed in BBC interview six times, British opposition leader won’t express regret, says he is ‘determined that our society is safe for people of all faiths’.