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Finchley and Golders Green Labour candidate Sarah Sackman together with Luciana Berger for election campaign video

June 27, 2024, 2:02 pm

OPINION:The moment I knew Labour’s major antisemitism problems were in the past

Barrister Adam Wagner reveals Labour has passed a test he himself had set for the party to prove it was serious about tackling anti-Jewish racism

By Adam Wagner

Momentum's former chief Jon Lansman (Photo Credit: Eli Gaventa)

November 8, 2023, 11:53 am

Jon Lansman distances himself from ‘much of the left’ over their response to Hamas

In an interview with New Statesman magazine, the Momentum founder also attacks the left's characterisation of Israel as a 'settler colonial state'

By Lee Harpin

Diane Abbott. (Photo credit: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)

April 25, 2023, 7:41 am

OPINION: Diane Abbott saga brings the bad old days back into view

Diane Abbott says Jews were not forced to sit at the back of the bus, but casually forgets they weren’t even allowed on public transport in Germany, writes Joshua Rom

By Joshua Rom

Luciana Berger stands with other Labour MPs, (left to right) Chris Leslie, Mike Gapes and Gavin Shuker, following a press conference at County Hall in Westminster, London, where they, Chuka Umunna, , Angela Smith and Ann Coffey, resigned from the party to create a new Independent Group in the House of Commons, in the most significant split in British politics since the breakaway of the Social Democratic Party in the 1980s. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday February 18, 2019. See PA story POLITICS Labour. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

March 7, 2023, 11:13 am

Starmer says Gapes return to Labour is ‘tribute to hard work done to change party’

Former Ilford South MP Mike Gapes had quit Labour in 2019 under Jeremy Corbyn saying he was 'sickened that Labour is now perceived by many as a racist, antisemitic party.'

By Lee Harpin

Expelled former Portsmouth Labour Group leader holds Momentum meeting with disgraced ex MP Chris Williamson

January 31, 2023, 8:33 am

Expelled Labour councillor ‘antagonised Jewish members’

Expelled from the Labour Party earlier this month for support of a banned group, ex-Portsmouth City Labour Group leader Cal Corkery had previous involvement with meetings with Jackie Walker, Chris Williamson and Marc Wadsworth

By Lee Harpin

David Kogan, Jon Lansman. Henry Zeffman. Margaret Hodge MP, Patrick Maguire at JLM conference
Photo Ian Vogler

January 8, 2023, 10:16 pm

Lansman: ‘Antisemitism and factionalism’ to blame for ‘most traumatic years of my life’

Momentum founder Jon Lansman tells Jewish Labour Movement conference at JW3 Jeremy Corbyn has failed to accept it is is 'possible to be "an anti-racist but still have racist prejudice.'

By Lee Harpin

Momentum members were also in attendance.

November 22, 2022, 10:43 am

Pro-Corbyn Momentum group facing cash crisis

New video put out by the group , accused of having a 'problematic' relationship with the Jewish community, includes a desperate plea for funds as Momentum activist admits our “very future is at risk”.

By Lee Harpin

Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer. (REUTERS/Yves Herman)

November 15, 2022, 12:22 pm

Corbyn will ‘never again run for Parliament as a Labour candidate’

The former Labour leader, who had the whip withdrawn in 2020 following an investigation into antisemitism, now seems banned for good.

By Jewish News Reporter

Sam Tarry, the MP for Ilford South deselected by Labour and Redbridge leader Jas Athwal, who will be the candidate at the next general election

October 10, 2022, 10:41 pm

Labour MP Sam Tarry is deselected in Ilford South

Tarry, who helped organise Jeremy Corbyn's leadership campaign, is replaced by Redbridge Council leader Jas Athwal as Labour's candidate in the seat at next general election following vote

By Lee Harpin

Lloyd Duddridge is captured on BBC News leafleting delegates at this year's Labour conference in Liverpool

September 29, 2022, 4:00 pm

The former Maccabi cricketer leading the fightback in Labour against Momentum

Lloyd Duddridge, national organiser of the pro-Keir Starmer Labour To Win group and ex Chigwell and Hainault batsman, says one of the reasons he took up the political role was 'I needed to play my part in fighting the stain of antisemitism in Labour'

By Lee Harpin

George McManus accused MP Tom Watson of being in the pay of 'Jewish donors'

August 8, 2022, 11:30 am

Momentum urges members to back ‘Jewish donors’ slur candidate in Labour elections

The pro-Corbyn group has called on its members to back George McManus, once suspended by Labour over 'Judas' comment, in forthcoming party vote.

By Lee Harpin

(back row left to right) Mike Katz, Ruth Smeeth, Adam Langleben, (front row) Margaret Hodge and Peter Mason, during a press conference by the Jewish Labour Movement at the offices of Mishcon de Reya in London, following the publication of damming anti-Semitism report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

October 5, 2021, 12:07 pm

Letter from JLM to Momentum expresses ‘dismay’ at EHRC rule-change opposition

Jewish Labour Movement accuses the left-wing group of having a 'transactional' attitude to fighting Jew-hate, promoting factionalism over the party's 'legal and moral duties'

By Lee Harpin

September 29, 2021, 10:46 am

‘Absolutely shocking’ for Momentum to urge opposition to antisemitism changes

Labour NEC member Luke Akehurst criticises the grassroots pro-Jeremy Corbyn movement for telling supporters to vote against a rule change to disciplinary procedures

By Lee Harpin at the Labour Party Conference

Hamas terrorists surround a child dressed as a suicide bomber.

September 2, 2021, 5:38 pm

Momentum accused of ‘pathetic posturing’ over Hamas overthrow remark

Email circulated from left-wing group hitting out at alleged call by the pro-Keir Starmer group to oust Hamas terrorists by military force

By Lee Harpin

August 26, 2021, 3:45 pm

Jewish News special report, part two: Divided on division

In the final instalment of our deep dive into polarisation across British Jewry, we ask: are we really more divided than ever?

By Stephen Oryszczuk

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