Antisemitism has been thrown out of the mainstream Parliamentary party window

Four and a half years ago, I remember election night. The anxiety that preceded the exit poll. Nearly half of UK Jews were seriously considering leaving the country, should Corbyn have won.

Luckily, he didn’t. The elation I felt when the exit poll was released. My mother burst into tears.

Thankfully, this election, neither of the two main parties had an institutional antisemitism problem, in large part due to Sir Keir Starmer’s exceptional effort to kick antisemitism out of the Labour Party. I won’t pretend that there isn’t any antisemitism left in Labour, or that there isn’t any in the Conservative Party either, for that matter, but Starmer, with the exception of a few mistakes, has done an undeniably impressive job.

One of, if not the, most telling sign that should signal Starmer’s success in this area, is the fact that the five biggest antisemites in Parliament – including Corbyn himself – were not affiliated with any mainstream party and have, evidently, been kicked to the political curb.

Whilst, undeniably, it would have been preferable for Corbyn and the fascistic four of Shockat Adam, Adnan Hussain, Iqbal Mohamed (who may now be expelled from his seat over electoral religious intimidation towards his voters) and Ayoub Khan to not have won any seats in the election, the fact that they are not affiliated with any major political party demonstrates antisemitism is no longer welcomed in mainstream Parliamentary politics.

All of these new MPs, in addition to Corbyn, have either themselves expressed worrying antisemitic sentiments or associated themselves with some very shady individuals, with all of them being backed by a sinister new group.

The group TMV (The Muslim Vote), has figures at the forefront of it who are either members or supporters of terrorist orgnisations or organisations that have strong links to terror organisations. Both Jalaluddib Patel, the former leader of the UK branch of the Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir, and Anas Altikriti, a Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood supporter, and the CEO and founder of The Cordoba Foundation, a group that has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and is a designated terrorist organisation by the UAE, have helped or advisedTMV.

TMV have also called for restricted levels of education on ‘certain topics’. They have statedthat “schoolteachers take cultural and religious sensitivities into account, not least when discussing LGBT issues in schools where most of the community have a religious background”. Why someone like Corbyn, who is seen by many students and young voters as Britain’s arch progressive, would not condemn an organisation like TMV, who are opposed to LGBTQ+ education, endorsing him, is beyond me.

Then again, Corbyn, like the other four TMV-backed candidates are currently outside of mainstream Parliamentary politics. So long as they remain ostracised by the major parties, that shows progress on antisemitism.

Trouble may arise after future elections, though, if they form a party and win more seats.

This mainly hangs in the balance of the trajectory of the conflict in the Middle East, and the reaction of Starmer and whoever the next Tory Party leader is to these extremists being elected.