Rabbi: Corbyn risks the soul of our nation

CONVENTION dictates that Britain’s religious leaders give party politics a wide berth. Usually this custom abides at any time in the calendar, but especially so during the sensitive weeks of a hard-fought General Election campaign.

So it is profoundly significant that the Chief Rabbi today breaks this long-embraced principle to accuse Jeremy Corbyn of the ‘poison’ of anti-Semitism.

In an explosive intervention, Ephraim Mirvis says the lifelong Marxist has personally allowed Labour to mutate from a tolerant party into a crucible for cranks who spit out detestable Jew-hating bile.

Cautioning that Corbyn is ‘unfit for high office’ and urging Britain’s Jews to vote ‘with their consciences’ on December 12, he warns: ‘the very soul of our nation is at stake.’

Former Prime Minister tony Blair is of the same mind, predicting that a Labour government would jeopardise Britain’s future. Instead, Mr Blair wants a hung parliament – only to get a Brexit-blocking second referendum, naturally.

that would be a disastrous move, allowing Corbyn to slip into power via the back door of No 10 by striking a grubby confidence and supply deal with Nicola Sturgeon. the First Minister’s price would be readily agreed: a vote to destroy the Union and the scrapping of the trident nuclear deterrent, leaving this country and the mercy of our enemies.

However, amidst the pessimism, isn’t it refreshing to see one politician stand up for the United Kingdom and offer a positive vision for the future?

Step forward Boris Johnson, who has vowed to comprehensively reject Miss Sturgeon’s demands for another independence referendum and states that there will be ‘no negotiation’ over the future of the Union.

Writing in this paper as he brings his election campaign to Scotland today, he promises to ‘work every day to make our Union stronger’ if he is re-elected.

Compare this with the dither, deadlock and indecision which would inevitably come with a toxic coalition between the SNP and Labour. the choice could not be starker.