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Communal groups planning Westminster gathering to protest Corbyn

Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies will also deliver a letter to a Parliamentary Labour Party meeting

March 25, 2018 15:35
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Communal leaders are planning to deliver a letter to Jeremy Corbyn condemning his “systematic failure to understand and deal with antisemitism” before tomorrow’s meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP).

In a joint announcement, the Jewish Leadership Council (JLC) and the Board of Deputies encouraged “concerned members of the Jewish community” to gather in Parliament Square in Westminster, central London, at 5.30pm on Monday evening.

The group will then make its way to the meeting, which starts at 6pm, to deliver the letter.

The Labour Party was involved in a fresh row on Friday after the party leader admitted he was wrong to offer support to the creator of an East London mural which displayed recognisable antisemitic tropes.