Labours kaotiska undergång förvärras för
varje dag.
Först hoppade de judiska parlaments-
ledamöterna av från partiet; sedan de mest
prominenta "gråsossarna" och nu följer ett
antal av landets mest kända författare
efter...
Tjugofyra kända författare uppmanar i ett
öppet brev väljarna att INTE rösta Labour
p g a partiets antisemitism.
Brevet publiceras i The Guardian, kultur-
radikalernas favorittidning.
(Jerusalem Post) A number of prominent British figures have declared that they
will not vote for Labour in the upcoming general election due to the
party's links with antisemitism.
John Le Carré and Joanna Lumley were among those who, in an open letter to The Guardian, pledged to put Jewish concerns above wider issues such as Brexit.
"We
listen to our Jewish friends and see how their pain has been relegated
as an issue, pushed aside by arguments about Britain’s European future.
For those who insist that Labour is
the only alternative to Boris Johnson’s hard Brexit, now, it seems, is
not the time for Jewish anxiety," the signatories wrote.
Highlighting
the formal investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission
into institutional antisemitism within the Labour Party, and the
departure of two Jewish MPs from the party, the signatories said that
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn "has a long record of embracing antisemites as comrades."
The
upcoming general election is widely viewed in Britain as a further
referendum on Brexit, with all parties making their particular stance on
Britain's exit from the European Union central to their message to
voters.
But the
signatories argued that concerns over antisemitism go deeper, right to
the heart of the British character, turning this election into a pivotal
point in British history as the nation decides what sort of country
Britain is to be in the post-Brexit era.
"Antisemitism
is central to a wider debate about the kind of country we want to be,"
they wrote. "To ignore it because Brexit looms larger is to declare that
anti-Jewish prejudice is a price worth paying for a Labour government.
Which other community’s concerns are disposable in this way? Who would
be next?
"Opposition
to racism cannot include surrender in the fight against antisemitism.
Yet that is what it would mean to back Labour and endorse Mr. Corbyn for
Downing Street. The path to a more tolerant society must encompass
Britain’s Jews with unwavering solidarity."
The
24 signatories include authors John Le Carré, whose real name is David
Cornwell, and William Boyd, both of whom have previously expressed
anti-Brexit opinions. Labour is pledging a second referendum on Brexit
as opinion on the matter continues to be split within the country.
Former
Labour politician and ex-chair of the Equality and Human Rights
Commission (EHRC) Trevor Phillips was also among the group, who said
they would not vote for Labour, as were historians Antony Beevor, Tom
Holland and Dan Snow, and respected actor Simon Callow.
"We
endorse no party. However, we cannot in all conscience urge others to
support a political party we ourselves will not. We refuse to vote
Labour on 12 December," they wrote.
Seven
Labour MPs quit the party earlier this year in protest at the ongoing
allegations of antisemitism. Among them was Jewish MP Luciana Berger,
who has called for the results on the investigation into institutional
antisemitism in Labour to be released before the election.
