After Corbyn, UK Labour elects Keir Starmer, Zionist with Jewish wife, as leader

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Source: The Times of Israel

New opposition chief immediately apologizes to Jews for anti-Semitism in ranks, vows to ‘tear out this poison’; his wife comes from a Jewish family, has relatives in Tel Aviv

By TOI STAFF and AFP | 4 April 2020

File: Labour Party lawmaker Keir Starmer speaks to the media following the launch of his campaign to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as party leader, in Stevenage, England, Sunday Jan. 5, 2020 (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)

Britain's main opposition Labour party on Saturday said that Keir Starmer had been elected as its new leader, replacing Jeremy Corbyn who resigned after its crushing December election defeat.

The 57-year-old former chief state prosecutor won 56.2 percent of the vote of more than 500,000 Labour members, defeating Corbyn loyalist Rebecca Long-Bailey (27.6%) and backbencher Lisa Nandy (16.2%) for the top job. Angela Rayner becomes the new deputy leader.

"Congratulations to @Keir_Starmer, the new Leader of the Labour Party!" the party announced on Twitter after a three-month leadership campaign.

Starmer takes the helm of a defeated and divided party in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.

In his victory speech, Starmer acknowledged the party had "a mountain to climb" after four straight general election defeats. But he vowed: "We will climb it."

He called it "the honor and privilege" of his life to be elected and vowed to "engage constructively" with Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government, particularly in the fight-back against coronavirus.

Rebecca Long-Bailey, Britain's Shadow Business secretary speaks on stage during the Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre in Brighton, England, Tuesday, September 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Jews and anti-Semitism on the agenda

The 57-year-old Starmer apologized to the Jewish community for anti-Semitism in Labour's ranks, calling it a "stain” and pledging to stamp it out.

"We have to face the future with honesty," he said. "On behalf of the Labour Party, I am sorry… I have seen the grief that [anti-Semitism] brought to so many Jewish communities.

"I will tear out this poison by its roots and judge success by the return of Jewish members and those who felt that they could no longer support us."

Starmer has previously said he would take action to eliminate prejudice against Jews in his party “on day one" in order to demonstrate "the difference that new leadership will make on the issue."

He has also said he would look to fully cooperate with the Equalities and Human Rights Commission’s report into anti-Semitism in the party, which is currently in the works, but that he had no intention of waiting for its results in order to take action.

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