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Originally Posted by Mick
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Just to point that that this isn't the Labour Conference proper. JVL aren't an affiliate it contains people who've been kicked out of the party for antisemitism so this was a 'fringe' event not sanctioned or set up by the Labour Party.
Overall I think Labour's leadership will be happy so far. They've managed to get the EHRC's measures adopted despite being opposed by Momentum, they've got their General Secretary who suspended a lot of members to be approved despite Momentum saying they had the numbers to stop him and most importantly they got their rule changes passed to make it harder for candidates with little support amongst MPs to become the leader.
Starmer has managed to see off a lot of challenges from the Corbyn wing of the party this week. In fact, the last remaining pro-Corbyn member of the shadow cabinet has just resigned as well on the same day that a Jewish MP who had left the party under Corbyn has returned:
Ex-MP Louise Ellman rejoins Labour after anti-Semitism rule change.