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Board of Deputies chief warns the modern far-left has 'sunk to promoting antisemitism on our streets' on Cable Street's 90th anniversary

From the Newshound archive · first published 6 October 2026.

James Cleverly, who has disclosed he held "very forthright conversations" with Metropolitan Police chiefs over the protection of London's Jewish community after October 7.
James Cleverly, who has disclosed he held "very forthright conversations" with Metropolitan Police chiefs over the protection of London's Jewish community after October 7.
Pro-Palestine protesters march through central London, as Board of Deputies president Phil Rosenberg warns parts of the modern far-left have abandoned their anti-fascist heritage to promote antisemitism.
Pro-Palestine protesters march through central London, as Board of Deputies president Phil Rosenberg warns parts of the modern far-left have abandoned their anti-fascist heritage to promote antisemitism.

Board of Deputies president Phil Rosenberg warned that parts of the modern far-left have abandoned their anti-fascist heritage and are now actively promoting antisemitism, speaking at the opening of Cable Street 90 at Toynbee Hall in Spitalfields. He made the remarks on the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, where Jewish residents joined trade unionists, dockers and Irish Londoners to drive back Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts. A new Labour Friends of Israel report, published to coincide with the anniversary, called antizionist antisemitism an existential threat to Jewish life in Britain, urging public bodies to adopt the IHRA definition and calling for cross-government action against Iranian plots.

Rosenberg said the far-left had gone from 'a noble heritage of protesting against antisemitism at Cable Street' to 'reviving the toxic lie that Zionism is racism.'

James Cleverly revealed he had 'very forthright conversations' with Metropolitan Police leadership when he believed they were failing to protect London's Jewish community.

British Jews have reportedly faced sustained punishment for their religion in the three years since the October 7 attacks.

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