Former Speaker Michael Martin calls for Labour conference on antisemitism

In an exclusive interview, Lord Martin said failure to tackle the problem could cost next election

Michael Martin, the former Commons Speaker, became the latest senior figure to speak out against antisemitism in Labour on Sunday when he called for a special one-day conference to address the problem.

In a rare intervention in party politics for someone who had to quit the party whip when he became Speaker, Lord Martin said he was “appalled” by what was happening in Labour and that failure to tackle antisemitism could cost it the next election.

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