|
Trending Topics
|
3 Labour Members of House of Lords Quit Party over Anti-Semitism
(Telegraph-UK) Harry Yorke - Three members of the British House of Lords resigned from the Labour party on Tuesday over its handling of anti-Semitism. Lord Triesman, Labour's former general secretary, accused Jeremy Corbyn of presiding over a party that is no longer a "safe environment" for Jewish people. He was joined by former health minister Lord Darzi and Lord Turnberg, the former president of the Royal College of Physicians. Others are rumored to be on the verge of resigning. In his resignation letter, Lord Triesman wrote, "My sad conclusion is that the Labour Party is very plainly institutionally anti-Semitic, and its leader and his circle are anti-Semitic, having never once made the right judgment call about an issue reflecting deep prejudice."