On Tuesday evening, I attended a London Jewish Forum discussion event at St John’s Wood Synagogue, where three MPs and a senior representative from the Metropolitan Police responded to questions from the audience. On its face, the event was presented as an opportunity to address rising community concerns following recent antisemitic attacks. In reality, however, it felt more like a hastily arranged election event just two days before the 2026 council elections.
I had intended to ask a question, but the moderator, Lord Grabiner, did not select me from among the numerous questions taken. I could not help but notice that, having opened by stating he did not wish to discuss Israel, it is perhaps no surprise that I was not called upon.
Fortunately, I have my own platform. I am therefore setting out here the question I would have asked, had I been given the opportunity. A copy has also been sent by email to all three MPs, and I will publish any responses I receive.
The letter follows below:
An open letter to Rachel Blake MP, Georgia Gould MP, and Joe Powell MP,
Thank you for attending the London Jewish Forum discussion event at St John’s Wood Synagogue.
I had intended to ask a question but was not selected, so I am writing to put it to you directly (in fact, one question broken into three parts). I am sending this by email and have also published the letter openly on my website.
You all spoke about the need to fight antisemitism, but in reality, all we heard on the night were platitudes. Let’s not pretend otherwise; the government is scrambling, unsure of what can be done beyond increased policing and ever taller walls for British Jews to hide behind.
Over 2,000 years, Jews have come to recognise antisemitism for what it is: a conspiracy theory that casts them as a unique evil, driving people to act in the name of protection – especially of their children.
Today, that same antisemitic impulse is often masked as the demonisation of Israel – and those who fail to recognise this will never be able to confront it effectively.
The recent surge in antisemitic violence does not arise in a vacuum – it has been fuelled by years of drip-fed false allegations about Israel, repeated on our streets, in activism, and at times in mainstream coverage.
False claims such as “genocide,” “starving babies,” or “deliberately shooting children” are antisemitic conspiracy theories that recast the Jewish state as uniquely evil. Even foundational narratives like the “Nakba”, presented as a simple story of passive victims and aggressive Jewish force, follow the same pattern. After decades of repetition, these ideas are so embedded that many have lost sight of reality – and the path back will be long.
If you only look at the outcome without understanding how it is fuelled, there is no hope of addressing it.
Nor should we ignore how this has been driven into the mainstream. The mass marches have been consistently organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign – a group that had already sought permission for their first demonstration by 12:50pm on October 7, even as Hamas was still massacring Israeli civilians.
It is this same organisation that has promoted conspiracy narratives and calls for Israel’s destruction.
Yet the Labour Party has maintained a long-standing relationship with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Each year, it is given an official exhibition stand at Labour Party conference – providing a platform to engage directly with MPs, key union figures, and other party members.
These images from the 2025 conference:
The Labour Party has, over decades, helped incubate this hostility. On the one hand, you say you want to combat antisemitism; on the other, your party maintains close ties with the key campaign group driving much of the rhetoric on our streets, while allowing it a platform inside the exhibition halls at your annual conference. Forgive me if I struggle to see how you can square this circle.
My question is straightforward.
One: How can you effectively combat antisemitism if you do not recognise it when it presents itself?
Two: Do you believe the Labour Party should take responsibility for enabling the spread of antisemitic narratives associated with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and commit to ensuring that such groups are not given a platform at future Labour Party events?
Three: Will you commit to addressing these antisemitic narratives through education, particularly within schools and public institutions?
Yours sincerely,
David Collier
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