Many UK Jews will applaud a Labour victory on July 4

If numerous opinion polls on the forthcoming general election in the UK are to be believed, Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party is on course to achieve its lowest number of seats in the House of Commons since 1906. In contrast, the victory of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party is predicted to exceed Tony Blair’s landslide in 1997.  

While there are caveats such as an anti-politics apathy, leading to many “don’t knows”, the chameleon-like Conservative party — which had periodically adapted to changing circumstances for over 300 years — now seems destined for oblivion and the rubbish-dump of history.  

Many voters have noted that there have been five Conservative prime ministers from 2016-22, reflecting the many embittered factions in the party. There is also a growing belief that Brexit has been disastrous for the UK and an all-pervading sense that nothing works any more.  

This has been supplemented by a series of remarkable gaffs by Sunak on the campaign trail and ballooning scandals amongst his advisers. As the election nears, Labour’s predicted majority grows.  

Starmer has acted strongly against the antisemitism in the far Left in the party and there have been numerous expulsions. Jeremy Corbyn remains outside the party that he once led and it is likely that he will lose to the official Labour party candidate in his Islington constituency.