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"I’m deeply frustrated that we’re in this place," Keir Starmer tells #JLM2020. "I can’t tell you how disappointed how I was with Jeremy Corbyn’s response... That has exacerbated the pain and the hurt and we’re in a position that I did not want to be in."
"I genuinely thought on the day of the Commission report we could take the next important step of mending the situation... We’ve had to be tough, determined. We’re very conscious of the atmosphere at some CLP meetings at the moment. We're determined to deal with that."
Starmer emphasises need to "change the culture" of the Labour Party and says: "It has to come from me. I have to lead that zero tolerance." Of the Nottingham East Labour meeting: "We’re not going to tolerate this behaviour in our party." #JLM2020
At #JLM2020, Joan Ryan called for "examination" by Starmer & frontbench of roots of antisemitism in Labour. Mike Gapes said Starmer had "been doing a good job so far – much better than I expected" & he "can't back down". Neither confirmed applying to join Labour again.
In panel on Manchester, Andy Burnham says "I don’t agree with the construct of Tier 3", which hits hospitality v hard, and Christmas will be "a case of famine, feast, famine". Angela Rayner says Burnham has been "vilified and attacked on a personal level" by government. #JLM2020
On Labour antisemitism, Rayner says: "I’m really sorry that happened in the Labour Party. It never should have happened. It’s a source of shame for us." #JLM2020
