“It’s perfectly fair to say that the Labour Party has failed… to calm the concerns of the Jewish community. That’s a total failure. That’s a difficult way back for them.”
The shoppers trickling out of the large kosher supermarket and the bakery next door in Prestwich, north Manchester, aren’t enthused about the upcoming general election and don’t want to talk about it. The few that do only seem to hold firm opinions about Labour. The Jewish community’s antipathy towards Jeremy Corbyn’s party is clear.
Labour candidate Lucy Burke has confirmed her attendance at a hustings at a synagogue later this month, but beyond that, Gilbert said he was aware of no other plans. Burke, for her part, told BuzzFeed News: “I was selected just a few weeks ago and engaging with members of the local Jewish community, including through outreach work with synagogues and speaking to the local Jewish media, is a top priority for me and my team. We are ready to begin rebuilding relationships.
It could hurt Labour come on polling day: there are five seats where, according to the most recent census data, more than 10% of the electorate identify as Jewish. Four are in north London, and the fifth is here: Bury South.ahead of the 2015 general election, Bury South is home to just under 10,000 Jews, who make up 10.2% of the electorate. The Labour majority of 5,965 votes, while not insignificant, is smaller than the total number of Jewish votes in the constituency.
“If you were a Labour campaigner, would you knock on a Jewish doorstep if you saw a mezuzah on a door, would you sayBurke’s office declined a meeting with BuzzFeed News, but in a statement, she said: “I'm proud to have been selected as the parliamentary candidate for Bury South, a constituency with one of the largest and most thriving Jewish communities in the country.
Raphi Bloom, the co-chair of North West Friends of Israel, told BuzzFeed News that both in this constituency, and four hours down the M1 in Finchley, Jewish votes could be crucial. “I think you only have to look at the figures to see that,” he said. Gilbert likewise anticipated that at this election the Jewish vote will “scatter in different directions”; some might vote Conservative, he says, while some lifelong Labour supporters might vote Lib Dem, or not vote at all.
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