Corbyn Demands Starmer Correct 'Institutionally Antisemitic' Labour Claim at Final PMQs
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Updated · Middle East Eye · Jul 15
Corbyn Demands Starmer Correct 'Institutionally Antisemitic' Labour Claim at Final PMQs
1 articles · Updated · Middle East Eye · Jul 15
Summary
Jeremy Corbyn said Keir Starmer falsely told MPs at his final prime minister's questions that Labour had been found "institutionally antisemitic" under Corbyn, and demanded he correct the record.
Starmer used the claim to defend his leadership, saying after Labour's 2019 election defeat he had "picked up" the party, turned it around and "ripped antisemitism out" of it.
The 2020 EHRC investigation found specific cases of harassment, discrimination and political interference, and said Labour could have handled antisemitism complaints more effectively, but it did not label the party institutionally antisemitic.
Corbyn called it the second false allegation by Starmer in recent weeks and said the pattern of misrepresentation had helped drive the collapse in support that is ending Starmer's premiership.