In the lead up to the General Election, the Jewish community and the public want to know what our political parties propose to do about surging antisemitism.

Since the barbaric attacks carried out by Hamas on 7th October last year, we have seen an unprecedented rise in antisemitism in Britain. On our streets, on campuses, online, in workplaces and elsewhere we are seeing regular expressions of anti-Jewish vitriol, and even violence. Jewish children are being told to hide their school blazers, synagogues and community centres are guarded, kosher shops are being attacked, business owners are being threatened, and Jewish students are intimidated on campus by intimidating messages, genocidal chanting and encampments. The effect on the Jewish community has been profound.

So what do our political parties propose to do about it?

This is your chance to put these issues to our major political parties directly and hear what they have to say.

Doors open at 19:00 for light refreshments, and the hustings will begin promptly at 19:30.

Tickets are £10. We look forward to seeing you there.

Tom Tugendhat is Minister of State for Security, having previously served as the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee from 2017 to 2022, prior to that holding positions at the Foreign Office and serving as a Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army He has served as the Conservative MP for Tonbridge and Malling since 2015, and is running for the newly-created seat of Tonbridge in this general election.

Alex Norris is the Shadow Minister for Policing, having previously held Shadow Cabinet positions on Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and Health and Social Care. Previously, he sat on the Home Affairs Select Committee, and prior to entering the House of Commons he served on the Executive Board of Nottingham City Council. He has served as the Labour MP for Nottingham North since 2017, and is running for the newly-created seat of Nottingham North and Kimberley in this general election.

Jeremy Purvis, Baron Purvis of Tweed, is the Liberal Democrats’ Foreign Affairs Lead in the House of Lords, He was the MSP (Member of the Scottish Parliament) for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale from 2003 to 2011, becoming the youngest MSP at the time of his election. He has previously served as the Scottish Liberal Democrat Spokesman for Finance, Justice and Home Affairs. He was created a life peer in 2013, and is the leader of the Devo Plus cross-party group.

Ben Habib is the co-deputy leader of Reform UK, and is the Party’s spokesman for Brexit and the Union. He served as a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament for London in 2019 until the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. He is a Chief Executive of a commercial property investment and fund management company, and he is running for the seat of Wellingborough and Rushden in this general election.

About the organiser

Campaign Against Antisemitism is a volunteer-led registered charity (1163790) dedicated to exposing and countering antisemitism through education and zero-tolerance enforcement of the law.

We launch landmark litigation against antisemites, leading universities, anonymous online trolls, political parties, police forces and even the Crown Prosecution Service when necessary, to ensure that offenders are held to account.

Our front-page media campaigns and innovative social media operations have put antisemitism in the national and international spotlight, and, through our work with the Government, we have changed the law, closing loopholes exploited by racists. Our education and training programmes have inoculated future generations and major national institutions, and our groundbreaking research sets the British national agenda and informs Government policy. We also hold public events and rallies that give voice to the Jewish community and its allies, creating a catalyst for change.

You can find out more about our work and support us at antisemitism.org/act, and follow us on social media using the handle, @antisemitism.

Hustings Against Antisemitism