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Thread & correction: After a week of pain and hurt, in which Jewish Labour Party members have either resigned from the Party or have seriously considered their positions, we are deeply disappointed to have heard nothing from the Labour Party Leadership until this evening. /1
At 6:02pm, two minutes after the meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party began, a meeting in which the Leader claimed to have reached out to the Jewish Labour Movement, an email was received in the personal account of one of our officers. /2
It set out the Leader’s desire for JLM to remain affiliated to the Labour Party.

We find the attempt to mislead both JLM and the PLP deeply troubling. /3
We continue to await a comprehensive reply to the six key tests set out by the Jewish community, and the 19 set by JLM in April last year. /ends
Our letter with 19 sensible suggestions.
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