U.K. Chief Rabbi Says Corbyn’s Labour Is Poisoned Against Jews
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The U.K.’s chief rabbi has suggested Jeremy Corbyn is unfit to be prime minister in a coruscating attack on the Labour leader’s handling of antisemitism within his party, just two weeks before the general election.
Ephraim Mirvis said “a new poison -- sanctioned from the very top -- has taken root” in Britain’s main opposition party, which is campaigning to become the government in the Dec. 12 vote. “It can no longer claim to be the party of equality and anti-racism.”