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The charge against the Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn is not that he is anti semitic.

London mayoral hopeful Diane Abbott, one of Mr Corbyn’s most prominent supporters, said accusations about the frontrunner’s associations with extremists such as Abou Jahjah and Palestinian militant group Hamas had surfaced because opponents are terrified he will take...

(JNS.org) The U.K.’s Jewish Chronicle newspaper has sounded the alarm over the impending election of Member of Parliament Jeremy Corbyn as the next head of the Labour Party and British opposition leader, asking Corbyn to prove he is not “an enemy of Britain’s...

A string of warnings that a Corbyn victory could split the party or turn it into a mere pressure group have emerged in recent days from former Labour politicians including Tony Blair, Neil Kinnock, Jack Straw, Gordon Brown, and – mostly recently – David Miliband.

What is more distressing is the unclear nature of whether these complaints are legitimate – or represent a last-ditch attempt to stop the left-winger Jeremy Corbyn becoming leader.

Yvette Cooper is making a similar intervention this morning, finally turning on Corbyn, which is admirable but something the party’s other leadership contenders should all have done from the very beginning.

Mr Corbyn’s rivals have voiced concern over the motives of tens of thousands of people who rushed to join Labour as full members or £3 supporters to get a vote in the leadership contest.

He added: ” The alternative to Syriza/ Corbyn is based on passionate reform, not angry defiance.

Andy Burnham used a keynote speech in Manchester today to try to woo the left-wing supporters of Labour-leadership race favourite Jeremy Corbyn.

‘I understand Jeremy has strong support.

Jeremy Corbyn has set out his plan to contain and marginalise MPs who oppose his drive to make Labour more left-wing.

Mr Burnham has the support of the Welsh government’s Communities Minister Lesley Griffiths, who will chair his question-and-answer session with party members in Wrexham on Sunday.

In a sentence of admirable chutzpah, Lehal admits that “the truth is the other frontrunner for leader – Jeremy Corbyn – has got thousands of his supporters to register to vote”.

Amid concerns that non-Labour supporters have infiltrated the ballot, it’s emerged 1,200 members or supporters of another party have already been excluded from voting in the contest, including hundreds who stood against Labour in local or national elections. Ex-chief Ed...

Mr Flynn, writing on his blog, said that he would not be voting for the Islington North MP as he didn’t believe the electorate would support his Left-wing views if he was the Labour leader. And if none of them are seen as a Prime Minister in waiting, the second instrumental...