The only way to solve Labour’s anti-Semitism problem

‘The Labour Party welcomes everyone* irrespective of race, creed, age, gender identity, or sexual orientation. (except, it seems, Jews)’.

So says an unprecedented advert in the Guardian today, which is signed by more than 60 Labour peers. It could hardly be more damning. Yet while the advert is shocking, it stops short of pointing out the only way that Labour can solve its anti-Semitism crisis for good: by getting rid of Jeremy Corbyn. Labour peers who backed the statement aren’t the only ones to fail to state the obvious. Deputy leader Tom Watson, who says he favours the introduction of an independent complaints procedure, has also fallen short. So, too, has shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer in his suggestion that the party work with the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), which is already investigating the party. Starmer says Labour should ‘throw open the books and say you have got access to anything’ – as if there is an alternative.