writes it s a poison inside the party. he raises deep concerns on the moral compass in next month s e lexs. let s go live to london, cnn s phil black. phil, has there been any reaction from corbyn? christine, there has. this is more than three years after criticism of jeremy corb n corbyn, the labor leader, and the petr. the other criticism from the jewish community is that the party hasn t done enough to wipe it out. for all of those years, jeremy corbyn said we re dealing with this, we re taking it seriously. but now that they ve touched on it, it is damning. the timing is poor because we re in the middle of an election campaign. here is a direct quote. he says it is a failure to see
this as a human problem rather than a political one. it is a failure of culture. it is a failure of leadership, a new poison sanctioned from the top has taken root in the labor party. now, this statement has received support from other faith leadsers including the archbishop of canterbury who said it s a sign of insecurity that jewish people now feel today. jeremy corbyn for his part has been desperately trying to push back on this wave of criticism. here s a little of what he was saying. there s no place whatsoever for anti-semitism in any shape or forp m or in any place whatsoever in modern britain. it will not be tolerated in any form whatsoever. so in a later interview corbyn was asked four times if he would like to apologize for the labor party of anti-semitism