[IsraelTimes] London visit by US Speaker of the House comes amid controversy within her own party over remarks by freshman congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
The Speaker of the House, leading a European tour with senior Democrats, met Sunday with three members of Parliament who defected from the Labour Party in large part because they said its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, did not adequately address anti-Semitism within the party.
| Poor Speaker Pelosi, trying so hard to row against the tide. It would not surprise me if she and other senior Democrats retire before the next election, decrying the newfound abandonment of civility or some such nonsense, even as the Labour party continues to drive away Jewish MPs and voters — and populist anti-immigration parties gain voters and seats across the West. |
London mayor, a Muslim, joins Jewish Labour group in solidarity with community
[IsraelTimes] Sadiq Khan laments ‘depressing collapse of trust between Labour and Jewish community,’ day after Corbyn is heard admitting evidence of Jew hatred in party may have been ignored. |