Andy Burnham last week issued a grovelling apology for Labour’s position on Gaza. In a three-minute social media video, he lamented his party’s weak response to the conflict in Israel while vowing to ‘do better’ on Palestine. A sentence or two was devoted to a bog-standard, tick-box condemnation of anti-Semitism before Burnham returned to listing his Gaza credentials – much to the delight of party activists and MPs.

How has Burnham found ample time to grovel over Palestine but has yet to clear his diary for the domestic plight of British Jews?

How has Burnham found ample time to grovel over Palestine but has yet to clear his diary for the domestic plight of British Jews?

Days later, the incoming prime minister has still found no time to address what lies behind much of the anti-Semitism he fleetingly addressed: radical Islam and its growing legion of supporters on the left. While Islamists wage a campaign of terror against British Jews – not to mention Persian dissidents – the domestic threat has apparently not proved worthy of Burnham’s time. That stands in stark contrast to the conflict in Palestine, over which Britain exercises laughably little influence.

It comes as the Home Office today announced that it will formally proscribe........

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