Corbyn told: change course before it’s too late for Labour

Senior party figures warn leader over approach to antisemitism and new Brexit vote

Michael Savage
Sat 23 Feb 2019 21.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 24 Feb 2019 00.00 GMT

Some of Labour’s most influential figures are urgently warning Jeremy Corbyn to change his approach to antisemitism, Brexit and factional infighting, as more senior politicians reveal they have already decided to quit the party.

Figures across the party say that a major exodus of MPs, peers and councillors will be triggered over the next few weeks unless the demands for change are met, with some already poised to go.

One senior parliamentarian told the Observer: “I have decided that I am going to have to leave. For me, it’s just a question of when.”

With the Labour leadership battling to contain a wider split after the resignation of nine MPs last week:

• London mayor Sadiq Khan is warning that the party’s response to antisemitism has precipitated a “collapse in trust” between Labour and the Jewish community;

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