The Chief Rabbi’s intervention has triggered a series of statements by other religious leaders. The Archbishop of Canterbury has released a supportive statement, as has the Muslim Council of Britain, who have also accused the Conservative Party of approaching Islamophobia within their party with “denial, dismissal and deceit”. The Hindu Council of Britain have released a statement in support of the Chief Rabbi, and have gone further, accusing Labour of having become an anti-Hindu force.
What’s the cause of the breach between Labour and the Hindu Council? The party’s vocal opposition to India’s decision to strip Kashmir of its special status. But that Labour is in the firing line speaks to one of the most remarkable and shameless developments of recent times: the Conservatives’ local success in running against and demonising a position that they share at a national level with the Labour leadership. A majority of British Hindus voted Conservative in both 2015 and 2017 and are likely to do the same in December.
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