Jewish chronicle front page appeals to non-Jewish people not to vote for Jeremy Corbyn (Picture: PA)

The Jewish Chronicle has written a front page addressed to ‘fellow British Citizens’ urging them not to vote for Jeremy Corbyn at the December 12 election.

The paper said the ‘vast majority’ of British Jews consider the Labour leader to be an anti-Semite and that nearly half (47%) would ‘seriously consider emigrating’ if he won the election.

Mr Corbyn has faced frequent antisemitism allegations since becoming leader of the opposition in 2015.

The Jewish Chronicle accused him of ignoring concerns of people within their community and ‘actively impeding action against the racists’.


The Jewish chronicle front page asks the people of the UK not to endorse a ‘racist’ party (Picture: The Jewish Chronicle)

The paper said: ‘There were some who hoped he might change as a leader. The opposite has happened.



‘The near total inaction of Mr Corbyn and the rest of the Labour leadership in dealing with antisemitism in the party has both emboldened them and encouraged others.

‘If this man is chosen as our prime minister, the message will be stark: that our dismay that he could ever be elevated to a prominent role in British politics, and our fears of where that will lead are irrelevant.

‘We will have to conclude that our fears count for nothing.’

The row over antisemitism in the Labour party has dragged on for nearly three years.

High-profile suspensions over alleged anti-Semitic comments include MP Naz Shah, the ex-London Mayor Ken Livingstone and MP Chris Williamson, an ally and friend of Mr Corbyn.

Yesterday, Diane Abbott was accused of playing ‘divide and rule’ with British Jews after she insisted that ‘not every element’ of the Jewish community believed Jeremy Corbyn to be an anti-Semite.

Jeremy Corbyn has faced frequent allegations of antisemitism (Picture: PA)

Speaking on the BBC this morning, shadow cabinet member Rebecca Long-Bailey said she recognised it would ‘take a long time’ to restore faith between Labour and the Jewish community.

However she insisted that the rate of dealing with allegations of anti-Semitism had increased ‘fourfold’ and the party have also introduced an auto-expulsion in serious cases.

On winning back the Jewish vote, she said: ‘I hope we do, I really hope we do, and I think it’s going to take a long time because, you know, the Jewish community is rightfully hurt, they don’t feel that we were doing enough or taking it seriously.

‘I think we’ve got a lot of work to do to rebuild that trust and that’s certainly something that we want to do now, and also in government.’

The Jewish Chronicle has been operating for 178 years.

Commenting on the front page, Daniel Sugarman, a former employee, said he had been through the archives and had never seen such a direct plea before.

The Jewish Chronicle’s front page this week.

The paper has been operating for 178 years. As a (now former) employee, I’ve been through its archives.

It has never printed such a direct plea before. pic.twitter.com/l9cOUzXCco — Daniel Sugarman (@Daniel_Sugarman) November 7, 2019

It comes after the Jewish Labour Movement said it would not be supporting Mr Corbyn to win the election – the first time in its 100-year history it has turned against the party.

On Sunday shadow chancellor John McDonnell said he was ‘saddened’ by claims that Mr Corbyn becoming prime minister would ‘harm the Jewish way of life’.



While appearing on the Andrew Marr show, Mr McDonnell was shown the front pages of three Jewish newspapers highlighting anger over Labour’s anti-Semitism crisis.

Mr McDonnell said the party was doing everything it had been asked to do by Jewish leaders but the Board of Deputies of British Jews tweeted that his claim ‘stretches credulity’.

Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson has also waded in on the row.

Incredibly powerful message and appalling that any community in our country has been forced to feel like this. https://t.co/8LeQJRESnP — Jo Swinson (@joswinson) November 7, 2019

Sharing the Jewish Chronicle front page, she urged non-Jews to oppose ‘anti-Semite’ Jeremy Corbyn in the forthcoming election.

She said: ‘Incredibly powerful message and appalling that any community in our country has been forced to feel like this’.

In response to Jo Swinson’s post from the Jewish Chronicle, former Labour MP Mike Gapes, tweeted: ‘This is a very powerful message. As a non Jew but a friend of our Jewish community I endorse this message.

‘I intend to defeat Corbyn’s candidate in Ilford South on December 12. If I am re-elected I will do all I can to stop Corbyn. He is not fit to be Prime Minister.’