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General Election 2024

October 7 changed face of UK politics

The conflict in Gaza influenced results at the general election

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

A Palestinian flag flaps in the air by a message reading "Stop bombs" projected on The Elizabeth Tower, commonly known by the name of the clock's bell "Big Ben", at the Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament, during a Pro-Palestinian demonstration in Parliament Square in London on February 21, 2024, on the sidelines of the Opposition Day motion in the the House of Commons calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 14: Leader of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer, speaks to attendees of the Jewish Labour Movement one day conference on January 14, 2024 in London, England. Established in 1903, the Jewish Labour Movement is a membership organisation of Labour supporting members of the Jewish Community and formal affiliate of the Labour Party in the UK since 1920. The movement campaigns within the party and the wider community to support Labour values within the UK, Israel and Internationally. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

JLM’s role getting Labour into a state fit to govern should not be forgotten

By Lorin Bell-Cross

7 min read

Osman Admani has accused newly elected MP Shokat Adam of “intimidation tactics and bullying” during the campaign (Photo: Politics Joe)

Second candidate accuses Leicester MP of intimidation during election campaign

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps in the cockpit of a Typhoon jet. Credit: Ministry of Defence.

Conservative Party

He was always a maverick! High flyer Shapps takes off after politics

By Lorin Bell-Cross

4 min read

Labour MP Matthew Patrick. Credit: Parliament TV

I now work in a Hogwarts-esque palace, says Wirral West’s new Jewish MP

By Lorin Bell-Cross

4 min read

Councillor James Giles

General election 2024

Former Galloway campaign chief working for anti-Israel MPs

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

Labour MP Peter Prinsley in Parliament. Credit: Parliament TV

Meet the 66-year-old Jewish surgeon who turned true-blue East Anglia red

By Lorin Bell-Cross

4 min read

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Jewish Labour Movement celebrates role in Labour's July 4 victory

‘We changed the Labour Party so we could win the general election’

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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July 25, 2024 15:28

New MP and Solicitor General Sarah Sackman with Mike Katz at the Jewish Labour Movement's election celebration party (Photo: Ian Vogler for JLM)

Sarah Sackman pays tribute to Mike Freer in maiden speech

Three new Jewish MPs have also spoken in Parliament for the first time

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

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July 24, 2024 13:55

H3K7G8 London, UK. 9th October 2016. 80th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street march and rally from Whitechapel to Cable St,

John Mann to continue as government adviser on antisemitism

He told the JC: ‘It is not the time to ease up on the work tackling antisemitism’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

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July 24, 2024 09:30

Lord John Mann speaks in the House of Lords

Anti-Israel extremists threaten our democracy, warns Lord Walney

Government’s independent adviser on political violence and disruption says there is a ‘highly aggressive pro-Palestine fringe’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

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July 24, 2024 08:58

Lord Walney (Wikipedia)

Be prepared, the Gaza war could be hitting your bin collection soon

Independents and established parties will want to repeat the success of the five pro-Gaza MPs on a local government level

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

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July 23, 2024 14:50

Hackney Town Hall's Gaza encampment will pack up after the council rejected the group's demands for BDS (Photo: Jane Prinsley)

Revealed: Leicester pro-Palestine MP used campaigner who defended October 7 attack

Involvement of radical activist will invite further scrutiny of Shockat Adam’s campaign

5 min read

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July 22, 2024 10:46

Wajeeda Yusuf, who goes by "Jeeda Joseph" online, defended the October 7 attack (Photo: Instagram)

Green Party co-leader calls for halt of arms sales to Israel in maiden speech

Carla Denyer spoke in Parliament for the first time since unseating Labour’s shadow culture secretary

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

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July 19, 2024 09:13

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 08: New Green MP, and party co-leader Carla Denyer (MP for Bristol Central), poses for a photo on Abingdon Green, opposite the Palace of Westminster on July 08, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Stephen Pollard

By Stephen Pollard

Imagine if it had been The Jewish Vote rather than The Muslim Vote

Does anyone really think the reaction would just have been a shrug of the shoulders and a feeling that we should consider their grievances? There would, rightly, have been outrage

4 min read

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July 19, 2024 09:10

Jonathan Ashworth, who lost his Leicester South seat (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

New Attorney General: we will seek to promote international law

Alyth Synagogue member sworn in as new Law Officer

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

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July 16, 2024 15:19

Legal trio: (from left) Solicitor General Sarah Sackman, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Attorney General Richard Hermer (right) at their swearing-in (photo: gov.uk)

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