In full-page newspaper ad, UK Labour Party lords condemn ‘toxic’ anti-Semtism under Corbyn

More than 60 Labour Party members of Britain’s House of Lords take out a newspaper advertisement accusing leader Jeremy Corbyn of overseeing a “toxic culture” by allowing anti-Semitism to fester in the party.

The full-page ad in today’s Guardian newspaper accuses Corbyn of “allowing anti-Semitism to grow in our party and presiding over the most shaming period in Labour’s history.” It says he has “failed the test of leadership.”

Blistering message to Jeremy Corbyn from 64 Labour peers:

“You have failed to defend our party’s anti-racist values. You have therefore failed the test of leadership”.

Advert in today’s @guardian saying he hasn’t “told the whole truth” pic.twitter.com/L7gmwiRTEQ

— Tamara Cohen (@tamcohen) July 17, 2019

Signatories include Peter Hain, John Reid and Peter Mandelson — all ministers in previous Labour governments — along with public figures including broadcaster Joan Bakewell and scientist Robert Winston.

Labour has been riven by allegations that it is hostile toward Jews since left-winger Corbyn, a longtime supporter of the Palestinians, became leader in 2015.

He denies the party is anti-Semitic.

— AP