dame margaret hodge has been addressing the conference.njuly when in the commons she told jeremy corbyn to his face that she thought he was anti—semitic. she was facing disciplinary action by the party over that but that was dropped. she told the delegates today that nothing that has happened in the past few weeks has changed her opinion withjeremy corbyn. she says labour has a problem and jeremy corbyn has a problem and that problem isjeremy corbyn himself. we heard from gordon brown, not laying intojeremy corbyn, but heard from gordon brown, not laying into jeremy corbyn, but very heard from gordon brown, not laying intojeremy corbyn, but very much criticising the policies of the leadership over anti—semitism. we can talk to one person here, a former adviser to labour on equality issues. you are a comedian and broadcaster also. what have you made of what you have heard today? not much to laugh about.|j of what you have heard today? not much to laugh about. i feel dismayed the labour party has got to this stage and i am dazed and confused

the guardian leads on the labour antisemitism row, after speeches from backbencher margaret hodge andormer prime minister gordon brown. the daily mirror says 600 police stations have been closed since 2010 due to tory austerity. anger at nearly £100 million worth of foreign aid to india leads the express. and the ft says mark carney is under pressure to reveal whether he is staying on as the governor of the bank of england. so most of the papers leading on brexit tonight. that is where we will begin. the telegraph in particular, the scandal of brexit is not that we failed but that we haven't tried, a quote from something reason for the paper by borisjohnson, who was the former foreign secretary and could have been instrumental in getting these plans through. strange, isn't it? he spent three years as one of the most senior members of theresa may's government, and saying we have failed, as opposed to him not having the influence he should have had on the influence he should have had on the government's exit policy. theresa may has drawn a lot of lines around her policy negotiating posi

you have margaret hodge saying they should pay more, she is an mp in the opposition, why do they notyou to answer. i am interested on your thoughts, what people would listen and say why not? they make it clear that they are paying more than they were back in 2012 when margaret hodge shouted at them to pay more. they did a volu nta ry them to pay more. they did a voluntary contribution to hm rc. this is the fact that you cannot have a tax system dictated on public opinion and the rating and people saying you should pay! i do agree with her here, the trouble is, the really boring truth is that it requires restructuring, supplication of the tax system. i think we have called through the last 30 years, the idea that if you reduce tax, you increase business opportunities, it isa increase business opportunities, it is a good thing. the whole moral climate, the wider climate is changing, people are saying no, given the cuts that we have, the crash and all of that, people are saying no, the tax system itself needs to change. in the present situation will weather that will happen or not is a

the chief rabbi, ephraim mirvis, and labour mp dame margaret hodge both spoke at the event. do next to improve the issue, having recently adopted the international definition of anti—semitism. i'm really pleased the national executive of the labour party has now accept it the international definition of anti—semitism, but that's a first little step towards building trust again with thejewish community. they now have to act and take action against those people who have been anti—semitic in the labour party and i think stop action against people like my colleague, ian austin, who called out anti—semitism and finds disciplinary action against him. and then i thinkjeremy corbyn himself i think has to lead the building, the rebuilding of trust by talking to the jewish representative organisations and listening and perhaps even saying we're sorry. a major study into taking an aspirin a day suggests the drug should not be taken by healthy, elderly people. aspirin is taken widely for its impact on the heart but the clinical trial on 19,000 people in the us and australia found no ben

also on stage the veteran labour mp dame margaret hodge.injuly when she accused jeremy corbyn to his face of being anti—semitic. she said what has happened since then in the following weeks has done nothing to change her opinion about this. she also spoke of the need she feels for things to change and she says the labour party has a problem, jeremy corbyn has a problem and the problem isjeremy corbyn has a problem and the problem is jeremy corbyn corbyn has a problem and the problem isjeremy corbyn himself. speaking to delegates here today you do get a sense of frustration among some that they have been spent so much time of energy talking about the very issue of anti—semitism because there have been sessions here today on things like brexit, representation, diversity, but really that one issue has overshadowed it all. as for the labour leadership they have always insisted they are determined to tackle anti—semitism where they find it, whether that be in the labour party itself or in the wider community. the prime minister has re—stated her

as margaret hodge has mentioned it's almost like one step forward and two steps back. i think that it was absolutely right that the i h r a definition which has been adopted in thirty one countries and by countless organizations. should be adopted in full but i think it's wrong that corbin felt the need to put an unnecessary caveat about free speech on israel which is which is inherent within the definition the definition of anti-semitism does not prohibit any type of criticism of israel and the israeli government so i do think that it's almost like corbin has. can sort of given the jewish community a kick in the teeth and i'm said ok i'll bow to pressure and i we will adopt the full definition of anti-semitism that most people agree is the right one but on the other himes where i'm also going to put in a cause that almost gets the green light to racists and anti semite sarah but here's the problem here basically many are saying that the international definitive version of and to sim it is a should not be used as a pretext to muzzle discontent all over the world partic

well, the labour mp dame margaret hodge had a confrontation withjeremy corbyn over the issue and continuesfinition of anti—semitism. i think trust has broken down to such an extent between thejewish community and the labour party that if the labour party tries to at this point amend or add on some clauses, it will simply fail in its attempts to start to rebuild trust, it is a terrible arrogance that here is a code that has been accepted by countless countries, that has been accepted by most of the institutions here in the uk, and yet the labour party knows better and it knows better at a time when confidence between thejewish community and the labour party is at the lowest it has ever been. i have never, ever dreamt that in my lifetime i would be facing this sort of anti—semitism that i have experienced over the last year, and i know that my colleagues, like luciana berger and ruth smeeth and louise ellman have been been experiencing it. i don't think jeremy corbyn can solve the problem because he is the problem. you think he should go? i think he should reflect on that but i have sincerel

rather than getting tangled up in issues of definition, criticising members like margaret hodge who daredp5 they are prepared to focus on the issue robbery rather than getting tangled up inside issues and tackle anti—semitism. tangled up inside issues and tackle anti-semitism. i'm not sure the members care that much, this is the thing about the no—confidence vote, the members still love him, he has been going around the country addressing huge rallies of adoring fa ns addressing huge rallies of adoring fans who are not that fussed about the anti—semitism stuff. you know, obviously some of them are bad... the anti—semitism stuff. you know, obviously some of them are badmm has become his achilles heel, his critics say he has dealt with the, maybe tuesday is a time he could do with that from a pr, hesitation or point of view? i think it troubled lee would whose take the sting out of the mps on the brink of breakaway. he's lost three mps who resigned the flip, including frank field and john woodcock, the latter because he doesn't likejeremy corbyn, there is no unifying force, if there's 15 mp

the guardian leads on the labour anti—semitism row, after speeches from backbencher margaret hodge, andster gordon brown. the daily mirror says 600 police stations have been closed since 2010 due to tory austerity. anger at nearly £100 million worth of foreign aid to india leads the express. and, the ft leads on the turmoil on bond markets caused by the financial crisis in argentina. that is probably not on the list strangely. brexit is, of course. the daily telegraph we will start with a picture of boris johnson telegraph we will start with a picture of borisjohnson adjusting his tie. the scandal of brexit is not that we failed but that we have not that we failed but that we have not tried. he thinks we are surrendering. it is a colourful piece. we have all sorts of beautiful and colourful metaphors in his spectacular and colourful prose. he is saying it is in though ring with giant haystacks and he is saying preordained and we will be left lying on the canvas, 12 stars circulating symbolically above our unconscious head. i think he is throwing his flag in the ring. he is preparing to

margaret hodge who lost members of our family in the holocaust said corbin was an anti semitic racist while three of the main jewish newspapers in the u.k. described him as an existential threat to british jews the labor leader has been accused of sharing platforms the holocaust deniers and making offensive remarks about british zionists his supporters though argue that coburn is a lifelong anti racist and that the attacks against him are syria's designed to discredit his strong support for palestinians and prevent criticism of israel so is the labor leader really guilty of anti semitism or evil of turning a blind eye to it joining me from london to debate this are michael rosen an award winning novelist and poet. are you jewish corben supporter danniella palermo a writer and contributor to the israeli newspaper ha'aretz a former foreign editor of the jewish chronicle and the jewish corben critic thank you both for joining me in the arena. speaking on wednesday at his party's annual conference in liverpool germany called and said we will work with the jewish communities to eradicate a

margaret hodge who lost members of our family in the holocaust said corbin was an anti semitic racist while three of the main jewish newspapers in the u.k. described him as an existential threat to british jews the labor leader is being accused of sharing platforms the holocaust deniers and making offensive remarks about british zionists his supporters though argue that coburn is a lifelong anti racist and that the attacks against him are slim is designed to discredit his strong support for palestinians and prevent criticism of israel so is the labor leader really guilty of anti semitism or even of turning a blind eye to it joining me from london to debate this are michael rosen an award winning novelist and poet. at the jewish cauldron supporter and danielle a playwright too and contributor to the israeli newspaper ha'aretz a former foreign editor of the jewish chronicle and the jewish corben critic thank you both for joining me in the arena. speaking on wednesday at his party's annual conference in liverpool germany called and said we will work with the jewish communities to eradica

as margaret hodge has mentioned it's almost like one step forward and two steps back. i think that it was absolutely right that the i h r a definition which has been adopted in thirty one countries and by countless organizations. should be adopted in full but i think it's wrong that corbin felt the need to put an unnecessary caveat about free speech on israel which is which is inherent within the definition the definition of anti-semitism does not prohibit any type of criticism of israel and the israeli government so i do think that it's almost like corbin has. can sort of given the jewish community a kick in the teeth and i've said ok i'll bow to pressure and i we will adopt the full definition of anti-semitism that most people agree is the right one but on the other himes where i'm also going to put in a cause that almost gets the green light to racists and anti semite sarah but here's the problem here basically many are saying that the international definitive version of and to sim it is a should not be used as a pretext to muzzle discontent all over the world parti

as margaret hodge has mentioned it's almost like one step forward and two steps back. i think that it was absolutely right that the i h r a definition which has been adopted in thirty one countries and by countless organizations. should be adopted in full but i think it's wrong that corbin felt the need to put an unnecessary caveat about free speech on israel which is which is inherent within the definition the definition of anti-semitism does not prohibit any type of criticism of israel and the israeli government so i do think that it's almost like corbin has. can sort of given the jewish community a kick in the teeth and i'm said ok i'll bow to pressure and i we will adopt the full definition of anti-semitism that most people agree is the right one but on the other hand when i'm also going to put in a cause that almost gets the green light to racists i'm down to see might sarah behavior is the problem here basically many are saying that the international definitive version of and to sim it is a should not be used as a pretext to muzzle discontent all over the world p

we had people like margaret hodge this morning already saying she felt he had sullied the whole attemptn into his argument —— and into this argument. what labour are hoping to do the macro making all sorts of changes, including changing the rows on electing whoever will bejeremy corbyn's successor, and certainly, they had felt that in the words of a shadow cabinet member at that national executive meeting, at least making some small steps towards bridging. the question is whether jeremy corbyn and his supporters will go for this wider caveat, this wider statements, because in that statement, for example, criticising the foundation of the state of israel would not be regarded as anti—semitic. that may be at loggerheads with what you samples of anti—semitism in the international code which is it anti—semitic to suggest forming a state of israel was a racist endeavour. it is at that level the debate has been carried out, but the wider public, has labour really tackle this issue? the other side, to be fair tojeremy corbyn, there were many people in the labour party who are long supporters o

it reports that mp dame margaret hodge has urged people to boycott the coffee chain. pacific, correcting a spelling error on one of their planes. no way! a bit of a mistake there. they say they're going to correct it as soon as they can. i think they should stay with it. sometimes you have to own your mistakes. should stay with it. sometimes you have to own your mistakeslj should stay with it. sometimes you have to own your mistakes. i don't know if it is three different planes or planes at different times of the day. when you go to china you sometimes get louise vuton bags, it isa sometimes get louise vuton bags, it is a knockoff plain! louise vuton! have you never heard of them! it is a different handbag. ben and i obviously go to the same places. what, china? lots in the business pages today. we got news of inflation yesterday, jumping toa got news of inflation yesterday, jumping to a six—month high last month to 2.7%, suggesting the bank of england was right to raise the cost of borrowing earlier in the yearin cost of borrowing earlier in the year in august to try

in the wake of the investigation that was launched into dame margaret hodge, the party said they wereyesterday we see that an individual, he was elected to our national governing body having made the anti—semitic, venomous rants that he did at a meeting back in july. he was let off with justice that on the wrist for those actions. many people, myself included, are very concerned about his election to our ruling body. very quickly, what about the argument that a full adoption of the ihra would restrict the ability of the party, jeremy corbyn and others, to criticise the israeli government? the definition is very clear. i urge anyone that hasn't had a chance to look at it, it is freely available online, it is one and a half pages long. it couldn't be clearer what it says. legitimate criticism of the state of israel and its government is totally fine ina israel and its government is totally fine in a way that you criticise any other country. where that criticism then slips into anti—semitism and thatis then slips into anti—semitism and that is where the problem exists. it gives very clea