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Deciding moments in the UK: The polls have closed - the drama at its peak | Israel today

2019-12-12T21:53:09.014Z


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Voting ended with general elections polled by pollsters as "most unpredictable" • Conservatives called on their supporters to vote, claiming high voter turnout in leftist strongholds • Concerned in Jewish community: "Everyone except Corbyn"

  • Conservative Party Chairman Boris Johnson and his dog and Labor Party Chairman Jeremy Corbyn // Photo: AFP

Tension in Brittany after the polls closed in the most dramatic general election in recent years. According to reports from local media, no significant irregularities were recorded and voting passed.

Reviewers have said that the election results, which head the Conservative party chairman who has been heavily criticized for managing the EU exit crisis and, on the other, Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who has been harshly accused of anti-Semitic conduct, are "totally unpredictable."

The conservative party used the well-known tactic in Israel when they sent emails to their supporters calling for them to vote after they claimed they had signed up and large voting percentages in the left strongholds.

In Oxbridge County, a district under the election of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, long queues outside the polls have been observed, despite the ongoing rain, which is likely predicting a close fight for the prime minister with his rival over the voting district, the young Ali Milani of Labor.

"Everyone except Corbin"

Irene Mansfeld has been an active member of the Labor Party for 59 years, since her university days. Today, for the first time in her life, she went to the polls and did not vote for the party, which for decades was considered the political home of British Jews. "I'm going to write on my ballot the name of Harold Wilson, who was a Labor prime minister in the 1960s and 1970s. I know quite a few people who sign up for their ABC ballot, which is an abbreviation for Anyone but Corbyn.

We meet at the Great Jewish Center JW3 in north London. Irene, a 77-year-old retired lawyer, and her friends come here regularly to hear lectures on the history of distant and distant countries. And here is a testament to history written in their homeland before their eyes, a very unpleasant history.

Voters near the polls in south London // Photo: AFP

"This is also the first time I have not taken part in the Labor election campaign," Irene emphasizes, "and not just because of anti-Semitism. My party has been kidnapped by people who are either Stalinists, or idiots, or both. There is one issue in Labor's platform that I strongly disagree with: the proposal for the state to take over the "wide strip" online. This is a very dangerous initiative. We recently saw what was happening in Iran, with the country taking over the Internet. Of course, the issue of anti-Semitism also plays a role in my decision not to vote. I've known Corbin for about forty years. In my opinion, his anti-Israelism slid into anti-Semitism. He is not aware of this at all, which is the worst of all. I found myself in a difficult situation, and I'm not the only one: I can't point to Boris Johansson for being Islamophobic and pretending to be a clown. And not for Liberal Democrats, who are supposedly the other option for left-wing voters - because they are stupid. So, I have no one to vote for. "

"Any outcome of this election will not be good," predicts Irene, whose children and grandchildren still live in the UK, "if Labor decides to oust Corbin - to the extent of defeat, his right-hand man and treasury minister in the shadow government, John McDonnell, is more dangerous. why? Because he is smarter than a relative and pretends to be friendly and friendly. The organization he heads - the Labor Representative Committee, is an extremely anti-Semitic body. I contacted the party leadership and demanded that they be sanctioned or forced to take a clear stance - condemnation or backing. A few months later, I received a reply rejecting my complaint.

Source: israelhayom

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