Paddy O’Connell

But there's a very painful episode where for a long time, many people in the Labour Party and outside the Labour Party felt very strongly that anti-Semitism was important.

quietly tolerated or not dealt with firmly enough and that people who cared very, very much, very deeply about standing up for Palestinian rights were sometimes willing to look the other way when it came to people expressing, frankly, very unsavoury and downright offensive views about Jewish people.

Now, without re-litigating those whole years and years that went on around that issue under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, that whole clash...

And quandary for political leaders is right back under our noses again.

And it's played out in the last couple of days, not this time between Jeremy Corbyn and his political opponents, but between Keir Starmer and Zach Polanski, who now, of course, is the leader of the Greens in England and Wales.

And he has been accused.

particularly vehemently in the last couple of days, but actually also in the last couple of months, of allowing in his party a level of debate that does tolerate anti-Semitic views.

He, of course, denies that.

You mentioned the issue of his tweet.

He's apologised for resharing that post, and we should just read his statement.

He says, I accept that social media is not the appropriate channel for doing so.

I've invited Mark Rowley to meet with me to discuss the police response, but more broadly, he would always say...

as a Jewish leader and as a Jewish man himself, he's got absolutely no tolerance for anti-Semitism.

But that charge has been laid at his door because there are candidates for the Green Party standing in election who have said horrendous things.

It's nice to see you.

Thank you for being with us, Judith.

It's great to have you on Weekend Newscast.

Good to be here.

A little bit more than whispers on the wind.

But yes, I mean, I do think it's important that we say that the elections next Thursday are not just about whether or not Keir Starmer is going to get his P45.