A Labour MP has claimed the party “cannot be a safe space” for British Jews after Jeremy Corbyn failed to intervene when she was verbally abused by one of his grassroots supporters at a press conference.

Israel may be wrong in many of its policies, especially in colonising the West Bank, but we are hypocrites, writes Gerard Howlin

A Labour councillor has been suspended after describing “Zionist Jews” as a “disgrace to humanity” and supporting calls for Israel to be relocated to the US, becoming the party’s second elected politician in a day to face investigation.

I have two books on my bookshelf which I have never read. 

The explosive cross-ideological responses to Ken Livingstone’s ludicrous remarks about historical Zionism, Hitler, and National Socialism encapsulate the vicious dichotomy at the heart of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

The Labour Party in England has suspended a councillor over social media posts, including a suggestion that Israel should be relocated to the United States.

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Ken Livingstone has been suspended by Labour for “bringing the party into disrepute” following an anti-Semitism row.

I WAS sitting on a Bus Éireann bus at the far western fringes of the island one rainy summer’s night when I woman got on. She sat at the front of the bus, chatting to the driver and to the only other customer on the bus.

Comedian Eddie Izzard has said he is prepared to take the flak for wanting to pursue a career in politics.

Some marked Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez’s death with tears; others with cheers.

Cork's Lord Mayor is being criticised for his the level of his salary, despite volunteering to take a 10% cut.

London Mayor Boris Johnson was left hanging yesterday as he got stuck in mid-air on a zip wire at an Olympic event.

London Mayor Boris Johnson was left hanging today as he got stuck in mid-air on a zipwire at an Olympic event.

David Cameron today said he was “delighted” by Boris Johnson’s mayoral victory and vowed the pair would work together for the good of London.

Boris Johnson was re-elected as Mayor of London in a surprisingly narrow victory that saw him beat rival Ken Livingstone.

The UK's coalition parties have suffered heavy defeats in local elections in England and Wales.

London mayor Boris Johnson has big plans, and that worries Conservative leaders, says Greg Williams

A CONTROVERSIAL and highly influential Muslim religious leader, banned from Britain and US, is holding a five-day conference in Ireland with top Muslim clerics from here and abroad.

BRITISH left-wing maverick and former Labour Party MP George Galloway has said he is considering rejoining the British Labour Party following last week’s election of Ed Miliband.

Ed Miliband today declared the New Labour era over, but insisted the party would not embark on a “lurch to the left” under his leadership.

Ken Livingstone was selected as Labour’s candidate for the London mayoral election of 2012 today, beating a challenge from former MP Oona King.

VOTING in the Labour leadership election closed last night with the contest thought too close to call.

Actor Colin Firth will address a crowd of poverty and green campaigners today in the UK after a screening of his new political film.

FORMER model Bianca Jagger and singer Annie Lennox joined human rights campaigners yesterday to call on American president-elect Barack Obama to speak up against the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

Nobody was “personally to blame” for the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes, former British police chief Ian Blair said today.

Loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone came within inches of assassinating former London mayor, Ken Livingstone, a court heard today.

A FRIEND spent the weekend in Prague and came across open-air stalls in the side streets where they sell old Soviet memorabilia.

IT’S all rather spooky. The signatories of the Lisbon Treaty are falling like ninepins. First to suffer was Nicolas Sarkozy, its author. After denying us a referendum on the treaty, he suffered a monumental rejection at the polls in recent local elections here in France.

YOU only have to listen to Hillary Clinton rubbishing Obama’s statement about the unemployed, dispossessed and generally miserable tending to get consolation from their churches and their guns, to understand that you never, ever insult the voters. They are infinitely wise, thoughtful and responsible. OK? OK.

Ken Livingstone’s defeat in the race for London mayor put the seal today on a disastrous set of elections for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Boris Johnson was elected Mayor of London tonight, capping a catastrophic day for Labour in the local elections.

Tory MP Boris Johnson looked set to be crowned Mayor of London tonight barring a last-minute turnaround.

British prime minister Gordon Brown was today facing pressure from his own MPs for a radical change in direction after a nightmare at the polls saw Labour slump to its worst results for a generation.

Gordon Brown faces his first major electoral test as British prime minister today as voters go to the polls in the 2008 local elections.

TODAY millions of British people will vote in local elections while Londoners will be selecting a Lord Mayor for a new term of office.

Ken Livingstone today welcomed support he has received from former adversaries Tony Blair and Alistair Campbell in his fight to retain the London mayoralty.

Dubliners could be hit with a congestion charge when the city’s first directly elected mayor takes office in five years' time.

Madonna has launched a scathing attack on London's mayor Ken Livingstone urging him to give tax breaks to struggling musicians.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny is due to visit a number of centres providing help to Irish emigrants during a visit to London this weekend.

Tour de France organisers today began trying to hammer out a deal to see a stage of the race return to London without any sign of a breakthrough in the bitter rift which could threaten this year’s event.

London police are warning people to stay away from London’s famous Camden Market as the clean-up operation begins after a huge blaze that took more than 100 firefighters to bring under control.