Former chair of Jewish Voice for Labour defects to new Corbyn-led party

A former Labour councillor has resigned from the party after nearly 60 years and joined the new left-wing “Your Party” over the Labour government’s political and military ties to Israel.

Jenny Manson, co-chair of Jewish Voice for Liberation (JVL) - which was until last week called Jewish Voice for Labour - had been in the Labour Party nearly all her life. 

She joined as a teenager and then signed up to Oxford University’s Labour Club as a student to protest against then British Prime Minister's Harold Wilson's immigration legislation, which favoured white immigrants over others.  

Manson was a Labour councillor (1986-90) in the London borough of Barnet and stood unsuccessfully as a parliamentary candidate in 1987. 

At a JVL event at The Casa bar in Liverpool, held on Tuesday during the Labour Party’s annual conference. Manson explained to an audience of mainly left-wing activists why she has resigned from Labour.

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