An old red Volkswagen combi makes tours in front of the Bernie-Grant Art Center in Tottenham, a popular northern suburb of London. On its flanks, one can read in big white letters: "Labor under Corbyn has a racist endeavor" ("Labor under Corbyn is a racist enterprise"). Ambience … The leader of the Labor Party must arrive from one moment to another, this Tuesday, November 26, from its neighboring suburb (Islington), for the launch of the manifesto of the party on the fight against racial and religious discrimination, in view of the December 12 general election.
But Jeremy Corbyn is especially expected on the subject, explosive and haunting, anti-Semitism within the Labor. In the morning, the Times caused an uproar with an incendiary tribune by Britain's chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, who accuses Mr Corbyn of not tackling the problem of anti-Semitism in the party. The arrangements made internally are only " pure fiction ", says Mr. Mirvis, the response of the "Leadership" from Labor to the reported cases of anti-Semitism in its ranks is "Perfectly inadequate". And an "Overwhelming majority" of British Jews are "Petrified with anxiety" in view of the outcome of the general elections.
The Chief Rabbi still considers that a 'Poison' infiltrated the party, and that Mr. Corbyn "Is unfit for the highest functions". He concludes his platform without explicitly calling for a boycott of Labor, but it's just like. Everyone must vote "In conscience" December 12, "The soul of the country is at stake", he warns. In the morning, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, primate of the Church of England, followed suit on Twitter, emphasizing "The deep sense of insecurity and fear felt by many British Jews".
Is the general election campaign at a turning point, two weeks from now? The speaking of the Chief Rabbi is in any case very bad news for Labor. The polls curve has certainly shifted slightly in their favor on Monday, November 25 (to 30% of voting intentions), under the likely effect of the publications of government programs Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson.
The "manifesto" of the Tories, dominated by the question of Brexit, is much less generous than that of Labor, promoter of a radical redistribution in favor of the most modest. Yet as much, the conservatives still race in the lead (43% of voting intentions according to a compilation of polls), and no one imagines, at this stage, that the leader of the Labor Party will be able to win an absolute majority in the House municipalities on 12 December.
