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| General election: Labour launches faith and race manifesto after chief rabbi's antisemitism claim – live news | General election: Labour launches faith and race manifesto after chief rabbi's antisemitism claim – live news |
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| Ephraim Mirvis has written that poison ‘sanctioned from the top’ has taken root in Labour | Ephraim Mirvis has written that poison ‘sanctioned from the top’ has taken root in Labour |
| Tory party grandee Michael Heseltine has urged voters to back the Liberal Democrats to stop Brexit being delivered by Boris Johnson. | |
| Speaking last night alongside former Tory MPs David Gauke, Anna Soubry and Anne Milton in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, Heseltine was reported to have said: | |
| On the Today Programme this morning, the former deputy prime minster asserted that Jeremy Corbyn had no chance of becoming prime minister and that “traditional reds under the beds” scares came about in every election. | |
| The 86-year-old former deputy prime minster said a more pressing question was whether Jeremy Corbyn would be leader of the Labour party by Christmas, though he appeared to urge people against voting for the Tories. | |
| The peer has long supported a second referendum, due to the lies made during the 2016 vote by influential Brexit supporters. | |
| He recognised that the Liberal Democrats – with their ‘Stop Brexit’ pledge – are not going to win the election, although he is voting for the party, and warned of the consequences of Johnson winning a majority. | |
| The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has said nobody can afford to be “complacent” about antisemitism, reiterating that political parties must avoid worsening a “perception of fear” and calling on them to offer reassurances. | |
| The cross-bench peer Rabbi Julia Neuberger has said the UK could become a less comfortable place for Jews to live if Jeremy Corbyn came to power. | |
| She said she agreed with the chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, that the Jewish community is gripped by anxiety ahead of the general election due to an “unwillingness” of the Labour leadership to tackle a creeping “insidious antisemitic tone”. | |
| “People in the Jewish community have seen that unwillingness and asked what is going on, why are they not gripping it?” she asked. | |
| The interviewer cited recent polls suggesting 87% of Jews believe Corbyn is antisemitic and almost half would consider emigrating from the UK if he became prime minister, to which Neuberger replied: | |
| The author said that although UK remains a good place to live as a Jew, that is shifting and if Labour under Corbyn comes to power then “this comfortable place to live may become less comfortable”. | |
| “People will look for ways of moving or having a place somewhere else, or whatever they can possibly do to mitigate what feels oppressive, uncomfortable, dangerous.” | |
| Asked why non-Jews potentially more concerned with austerity and benefit cuts should care enough to not vote Labour, Neuberger said: “If a section of the population is feeling uncomfortable because of racism, that is serious.” | |
| The former Labour MPs Luciana Berger and Ian Austin have spoken out in support of the condemnation of Jeremy Corbyn from the UK’s chief rabbi of the UK. | |
| The papers | The papers |
| Meanwhile, Britain’s former envoy to the EU Sir Ivan Rogers has issued a scathing verdict of the government’s “diplomatic amateurism”, saying Boris Johnson is sowing the seeds of “the biggest crisis of Brexit to date”. | Meanwhile, Britain’s former envoy to the EU Sir Ivan Rogers has issued a scathing verdict of the government’s “diplomatic amateurism”, saying Boris Johnson is sowing the seeds of “the biggest crisis of Brexit to date”. |
| In a lecture in Glasgow, Rogers said Johnson was repeating Theresa May’s “strategy errors” and would soon find himself “unwisely” boxed in by his campaign promises. | In a lecture in Glasgow, Rogers said Johnson was repeating Theresa May’s “strategy errors” and would soon find himself “unwisely” boxed in by his campaign promises. |
| Labour accused of ‘poison sanctioned from the top’ by chief rabbi | Labour accused of ‘poison sanctioned from the top’ by chief rabbi |
| The chief rabbi has accused Jeremy Corbyn of allowing a “poison sanctioned from the top” to take root in Labour, saying Jews are justifiably anxious about the prospect of the party forming the next government. | The chief rabbi has accused Jeremy Corbyn of allowing a “poison sanctioned from the top” to take root in Labour, saying Jews are justifiably anxious about the prospect of the party forming the next government. |
| Ephraim Mirvis, the spiritual leader of the UK’s 62 orthodox synagogues, made the rare political intervention on the day that the Labour party is planning to unveil its race and faith manifesto in Tottenham this morning. Corbyn, Diane Abbott and Dawn Butler will attend. | Ephraim Mirvis, the spiritual leader of the UK’s 62 orthodox synagogues, made the rare political intervention on the day that the Labour party is planning to unveil its race and faith manifesto in Tottenham this morning. Corbyn, Diane Abbott and Dawn Butler will attend. |
| Writing for the Times, Mirvis said it was not his place to tell people how to vote but argued that the way in which the Labour leadership had dealt with anti-Jewish racism was “incompatible with the British values of which we are so proud – of dignity and respect for all people” and that in this election the “soul of the nation” was at stake. | Writing for the Times, Mirvis said it was not his place to tell people how to vote but argued that the way in which the Labour leadership had dealt with anti-Jewish racism was “incompatible with the British values of which we are so proud – of dignity and respect for all people” and that in this election the “soul of the nation” was at stake. |
| Labour has always strongly denied any suggestion that Corbyn has failed to get to grips with allegations of antisemitism in Labour, pointing to his record as an anti-racist campaigner and moves to overhaul the party’s complaints process. | Labour has always strongly denied any suggestion that Corbyn has failed to get to grips with allegations of antisemitism in Labour, pointing to his record as an anti-racist campaigner and moves to overhaul the party’s complaints process. |
| The rabbi wrote: “The party leadership have never understood that their failure is not just one of procedure, which can be remedied with additional staff or new processes. It is a failure to see this as a human problem rather than a political one. It is a failure of culture. It is a failure of leadership. A new poison – sanctioned from the top – has taken root in the Labour party.” | The rabbi wrote: “The party leadership have never understood that their failure is not just one of procedure, which can be remedied with additional staff or new processes. It is a failure to see this as a human problem rather than a political one. It is a failure of culture. It is a failure of leadership. A new poison – sanctioned from the top – has taken root in the Labour party.” |
| Good morning politics early birds, welcome to our rolling coverage of the day’s news and today, we’re talking about money. | Good morning politics early birds, welcome to our rolling coverage of the day’s news and today, we’re talking about money. |
| The huge gap in the spending promises of the two major parties is the main topic of debate today, after it emerged that Labour was committing 28 times as much in public spending as the Conservatives. | The huge gap in the spending promises of the two major parties is the main topic of debate today, after it emerged that Labour was committing 28 times as much in public spending as the Conservatives. |
| Jeremy Corbyn defended his multibillion pound general election spending pledge on public services, saying that even with the increased spending of £83bn a year that he has promised, the UK would still spend less on public services than France or Germany. Zoe Williams writes that Labour has outlined its promises, now its job is to make those promises seem real. | Jeremy Corbyn defended his multibillion pound general election spending pledge on public services, saying that even with the increased spending of £83bn a year that he has promised, the UK would still spend less on public services than France or Germany. Zoe Williams writes that Labour has outlined its promises, now its job is to make those promises seem real. |
| Meanwhile, the Resolution Foundation thinktank has released analysis showing that child poverty is at risk of rising to a record 60-year high under a Conservative government because its manifesto retains the coalition’s benefit cuts. The analysis says the number of British children living in relative poverty would increase from 29.6% in 2017-18 to 34.5% in 2023-24 under a Boris Johnson-led government. Though it adds that Labour’s £9bn of extra spending on social security would mean 550,000 fewer children in poverty but would not lead to current poverty rates falling. | Meanwhile, the Resolution Foundation thinktank has released analysis showing that child poverty is at risk of rising to a record 60-year high under a Conservative government because its manifesto retains the coalition’s benefit cuts. The analysis says the number of British children living in relative poverty would increase from 29.6% in 2017-18 to 34.5% in 2023-24 under a Boris Johnson-led government. Though it adds that Labour’s £9bn of extra spending on social security would mean 550,000 fewer children in poverty but would not lead to current poverty rates falling. |
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