labour

Preston council invites Hebron mayor – a convicted terrorist – to deliver address

Local Jewish community had already severed ties with council following its decision to launch a ‘friendship’ initiative with Hebron

By Jane Prinsley

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The ruling Labour group at Preston City Council has been embroiled in scandal following leaked WhatsApp messages

Zarah Sultana at an anti-Israel protest in 2023 (Image: Alamy)

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Majority of Labour members oppose ‘misjudged’ Palestine Action terror ban

By Jane Prinsley

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British Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting arrives for a weekly cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street on March 26, 2025 (Image: Getty)

By Stephen Pollard

The numbers that shape Labour’s Middle East policy: 37, 73, 110

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Launch of the report Islamophobia Defined with a working definition of Islamophobia by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims on November 27, 2018. (Image: All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims)

By Stephen Pollard

Labour’s planned Islamophobia definition threatens free speech and security

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Palestine Action has allegedly set up a new recruitment website in the wake of its proscription under UK counter-terror laws (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

Labour has taken a stand with Palestine Action – it must not stop here

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Peterborough councillor Daisy Blakemore-Creedon who resigned from the Labour group on Peterborough council (Image: X)

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Teenage Peterborough councillor quits Labour citing ‘bullying’, ‘marginalisation’ and ‘an antisemitic incident’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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The Commons hearing that turned into a trial against Israel and its defenders

Parliament should be investigating the hostility, double standards and deafness to facts when it comes to Israel

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The Commons hearing that turned into a trial against Israel and its defenders

Labour MP shares post accusing Prime Minister of ‘taking Israel’s money and orders’

The post also included an image of an injured child that was incorrectly related to the Gaza War

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Labour MP Clive Lewis shared a tweet accusing the Prime Minister of 'taking Israel's money and orders'

By David Bennun

The age-old link between antisemitism and misogyny

The parallels between the abuse suffered by women at the hands of extreme trans rights activists and what Jews endure from self-professed Palestinian supporters are striking

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April 24, 2025 14:36

Susan Smith (left) and Marion Calder, directors of For Women Scotland speak to the media outside the Supreme Court following its ruling that women are defined as biological females in terms of the Equality Act 2010 (Image: Getty)

Preston man barred from asking antisemitism question at city council meeting

Harry Spillman spoke of the ‘deep hurt and distress’ caused to Preston Jewish community following the Labour group WhatsApp scandal exposed by the JC

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

April 22, 2025 16:17

Protesters outside Preston town hall asked councillors why local man Harry Spillman could not ask his question about antisemitism

Ex-MP suspended by Labour over ‘f***ing Israel’ comment is candidate for party in local elections

Graham Jones says he’s standing at the request of the national party

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

April 21, 2025 12:12

Ex-MP suspended by Labour over ‘f***ing Israel’ comment is candidate for party in local elections

Exclusive: Israeli politician barred from the UK accuses government of hypocrisy over MP deportations

Yesterday MPs spent more time discussing the removal of two MPs from Israel than the potential closure of Scunthorpe steelworks

By Lorin Bell-Cross

4 min read

April 8, 2025 10:43

Far-right Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin has accused the government of hypocrisy over Israel's decision to deport two British MPs after he was banned from entering the UK in 2008 (Image: Getty)

Farage vows no repeat of antisemitic candidate scandal as Reform vetting now ‘tougher than Labour or Tories’

The MP for Clacton also predicted that there would be between 20-30 pro-Gaza MPs at the next election and derided his Conservative opponents as ‘boring old b*******’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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March 28, 2025 11:47

Nigel Farage has pledged there will be no repeat of the scandal of antisemitic candidates that dogged Reform UK at the last election (Image: Getty)

By Stephen Pollard

Labour is indulging Muslim extremism, and Starmer won’t stop it

Sir Keir’s Ramadan reception last week featured an imam who celebrated October 7

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March 17, 2025 13:11

Sir Keir Starmer in Parliament (Image: Parliament TV).

Israeli source denies claims that Emily Thornberry was secretly filmed at Knesset meeting

Labour MP claims she was secretly filmed at Knesset; Israeli source hits back against allegations

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

March 12, 2025 17:25

Emily Thornberry launched an attack on Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel, claiming she secretly recorded a meeting of a UK delegation at the Knesset and posted it on Instagram. But an Israeli source said the meeting was openly filmed.

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labour

Preston council invites Hebron mayor – a convicted terrorist – to deliver address

Zarah Sultana’s ‘lesson’ from Corbynism? He was too hidebound by the notion of antisemitism

Majority of Labour members oppose ‘misjudged’ Palestine Action terror ban

The numbers that shape Labour’s Middle East policy: 37, 73, 110

Labour’s planned Islamophobia definition threatens free speech and security

Labour has taken a stand with Palestine Action – it must not stop here

Teenage Peterborough councillor quits Labour citing ‘bullying’, ‘marginalisation’ and ‘an antisemitic incident’

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