New Anti-Semitism Scandal Prompts U.K. Labour to Tighten Rules

  • Len McCluskey says people are trying to undermine Corbyn
  • Some delegates urged expulsion of Jewish Labour Movement

Jeremy Corbyn on the final day of the Labour Party conference on Sept. 26.

Photographer: Leon Neal/Getty Images
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Britain’s Labour opposition voted to tighten rules governing anti-Semitic behavior, even as a key ally of leader Jeremy Corbyn said the party doesn’t have a problem.

Len McCluskey, leader of the Unite union that helps fund Labour, said party members who had complained about hostility toward Jews are seeking to undermine Corbyn’s leadership.