LBC, Election 2019.

Thanks for downloading The Daily Trail. This is Sheila Fogarty.

And this is Ian Dale.

Coming up in today's episode, we're going to talk inevitably, I suppose, about

anti-Semitism, the Labour Party and what the Chief Rabbi has said today. We'll also talk

about Labour's launch of its work Rabbi has said today. We'll also talk about Labour's launch

of its work on race and faith. And voter registration, a big issue as well. Lots of people

voting at the last minute. Some of them probably already registered, but always good to check.

Ian, let's start with anti-Semitism. None of, it seemed to me anyway, that none of what the chief

rabbi said was surprising, but it was certainly a very strong message to place bang in the

middle of a general election campaign. I was trying to think back to all the election campaigns

I've been involved in going back to 83 and I can't remember a religious leader of any faith

doing this at all. There have always

been religious interventions in politics. Remember the right to Reverend Dr David Jenkins,

the Bishop of Durham back in the 1980s, a real thorn in Margaret Thatcher's side. And there's always

been this debate about religion and politics, never the twain shall meet.

It is a dramatic intervention. You can understand why it's being made. I don't see it.

Strangely, even though the subliminal message, you didn't actually say this, but the subliminal message was that Jews shouldn't vote Labour.

I still understand why he did it, because this is a community, and you will know this

from calls you've taken, certainly not just calls I've taken, but people I know in the

Jewish community, they are seriously afraid.

They're seriously thinking of leaving the country if Labor wins.

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