Liberal Democrats leadership hopefuls cite antisemitism as reason not to back Corbyn government
Liberal Democrats leadership rivals, Jo Swinson and Sir Ed Davey, have said that they would not support a Labour government under Jeremy Corbyn.
Both candidates criticised Mr Corbyn over antisemitism during an interview on 3rd July on BBC Radio 4’s World at One, with Ms Swinson noting that “Jeremy Corbyn is a Brexiteer, but he has also failed to deal with antisemitism in the Labour Party.” Sir Ed agreed with her, noting “the way Corbyn’s failed on antisemitism.”
In a subsequent interview with Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel, Sir Ed instead that the Liberal Democrats “have and must always have zero tolerance for antisemitism,” while Ms Swinson made the following pledge: “Corbyn is a Brexiteer which makes coalition impossible and undesirable. His inability, at best, to act on antisemitism within his party would make it impossible for me to work with him on a personal level in any sort of arrangement.”