Labour’s anti-semitism is making me a Tory, says Lipman

MAUREEN LIPMAN, the actress, said anti-semitism in the Labour party is pushing her to vote for the Conservatives instead.

Asked if she is “becoming a Tory”, the lifelong Labour voter said: “I’m getting there. I can’t be a Labour supporter any more. I’m a socialist in my heart, but how can I support this lot?”

Ms Lipman hit out against the rise of anti-semitism within the Labour party when she told ITV’S Peston on Sunday show that anti-semitic tropes were fuelling the problem. And in an apparent swipe at Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, Ms Lipman said: “It is possible to be anti-racist and anti-semitic.

“We don’t know with Jeremy whether he’s mischievous or naughty, provocative or he is doing it cynically.”

The comments came two weeks after Ms Lipman attended a rally against anti-semitism held outside Labour’s headquarters in London, where she called for Mr Corbyn to resign.