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Feb 22, 2019, 12:00 PM

Fighting racism made me join Labour, now antisemitism forces me to quit

Dudley North MP Ian Austin is quitting the Labour Party. (Photo credit: Simon Cooper/PA Wire via Jewish News)

I grew up listening to my Dad – a refugee from the Holocaust – teaching me about the evils of hatred and prejudice. One of the main reasons I joined the Labour Party as a teenager in Dudley more than 35 years ago was to...

Sep 18, 2018, 3:34 PM

Frank Foley was a great British hero whose courage matched his modesty

Frank Foley

I want to thank His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge for unveiling the statue we have produced of Major Frank Foley – it was a huge honour for the people of Dudley and a wonderful tribute to a great British hero. Ten thousand people...

Oct 20, 2016, 1:38 PM

We must continue to push for peace at grassroots level

Trite comparisons between Northern Ireland and the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians, which ignore the very different actors, histories and complexities of the two situations, are commonplace. However, there is one lesson from the experience of peace-making in Northern Ireland that is worth considering....

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Ian Austin is a Labour MP, and member of Labour Friends of Israel