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Starmer's battle for his party's soul

Starmer's battle for his party's soul

Withdrawing the whip from Jeremy Corbyn won't address the antisemitism on the left

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Melanie Phillips
Nov 18, 2020
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Sir Keir Starmer and Jeremy Corbyn

The Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, has gone to war today against a significant section of his own party in order to keep his word to Britain’s Jewish community and save Labour’s soul.

When the Equality and Human Rights Commission threw the book at the party last month over its failure to deal with its members’ rampant …

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