Corbyn hit by new anti-Semitism claims - and what's it like to interview Johnson?

Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 5 December 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Jeremy Corbyn rejected claims today he's made the Labour party a "welcoming refuge" for anti-Semites, amid renewed accusations the party has failed to deal with the issue. Lawyers for the Jewish Labour Movement said 70 Labour staffers past and present have given sworn testimony into an official inquiry by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) into anti-Semitism in the party. We speak to our political correspondent Libby Wiener about what's in the leaked copy of the JLM's submission to the inquiry, and we get Robert's take on what this means for Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour campaign. Robert also gives us an insight into what it's like to interview Boris Johnson after he spoke to him on his Peston programme on Wednesday night - and how his approach to interviews differs from his predecessor Theresa May. The PM was out and about today talking about what would happen in the first 100 days of a Conservative government if they're elected. We hear from our correspondent Paul Brand about what was new in today's announcement and what we've already heard before. We’ll bring you a new episode of Calling Peston every weekday around 5pm throughout the election campaign. Don’t forget to subscribe - and if you like what you hear, do rate us and leave a review. Get in touch with the Calling Peston team - contact @DanielHewittITV, @ShehabKhan and @Peston. For the latest election news, go to itv.com/news and follow @ITVNewsPolitics on Twitter.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 22 of Calling Peston with me, Shehab Khan. If you're puzzled while you're hearing my voice doing the intro, it's because my co-host Daniel Hewitt is busy working on a piece for the evening news. So unfortunately or fortunately, depending on your own personal preference, you've just got me today.
0:23.2	And of course, I'll be getting Robert Peston's thoughts and analysis on the day's political news.
0:28.8	But first, as I do on every episode, my quick roundup of the day's news.
0:34.7	A leaked document has shown that 70 current or former members of staff of the Labour
0:39.3	Party have provided evidence of anti-Semitism to the Equality's and Human Rights Commission.
0:44.7	It comes on the day Labor announced new policies to tackle homelessness and they said
0:48.8	they would also cap class sizes to 30 and higher 20,000 more teachers across the country. The Prime Minister today
0:56.3	outlined his plan for his first 100 days in office if he wins a majority. Boris Johnson promised
1:02.6	to get his Brexit deal through the Commons, enshrine into law additional spending for the NHS and
1:07.8	also offer tax cuts. And the Liberal Democrat leader Joe Swinson was in
1:12.4	Edinburgh attending a campaign rally. But first, our political correspondent Libby Vina, she's been
1:18.0	travelling around with the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn throughout the campaign period. She joins me
1:23.2	now in the studios and we're going to talk through what has actually happened. Libby, thanks for joining us. Why is this in the studios, and we're going to talk through what has actually happened.
1:28.4	Libby, thanks for joining us. Why is this in the news?
1:31.8	Well, it's in the news today because this document has been leaked and it is a pretty
1:37.4	startling document because it's all the submissions by Labour staffers about what has been going on within the party relating to anti-Semitic incidents,
1:49.1	abuse of members in the party, abuse at party conference.
1:53.6	And now we've all attended party conferences.
1:55.9	There's some things in there which are pretty eye-wateringly awful that went on at party conference. We've been
2:02.4	there. They went on behind closed doors. We weren't privy to them, but I think it is pretty
2:08.7	startling and pretty damning evidence. That said, this is only one side of the story. This is a
2:15.6	submission to the Equality and Human Rights Commission inquiry into the Labour Party.
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