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| leader = [[Jeremy CorbynKeir Starmer]]

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The '''Labour Party''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] Social Democratic<ref>http://www.labour.org.uk/labour_policies</ref> political party. The party still pays lip service to many typical [[left-wing]] values and, along with all the main political parties in the [[UK]], is [[pro-abortion]], pro-[[homosexual "agenda|homosexual]] rights" and pro-[[gun control]], which is inline with the majority of voters of all parties. Typically the Labour Party is in favour of greater spending on public services via higher taxation relative to its main political rivals.

The Labour Party was founded in 1900, and currently forms [[Leader of the Opposition|Her Majesty's Opposition]], being the largest party in the UK not currently in government. The new leader since September 2015 April 2020 is [[Jeremy CorbynKeir Starmer]].<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34223157</ref> The Labour Party holds non-voting observer status in the [[Socialist International]].

The rise of [[Marxist]] socialism in the late 19th century in the Social Democratic Federation (SDF) (1881-1911) did not create a militantly atheistic and anti-religious force. From its beginnings, circa 1881, the SDF contained [[Christian socialists]], non-Christians, and anti-Christians. These groups generally coexisted in a state of compromise. Though Labour was not an openly religious organization “it was nevertheless permeated by religion both in its origin and in its subsequent development”. The [[French Revolution]]’s principles of “liberty, fraternity and equality,” were important, as were “early[[Robert Owen| Owenite]] socialism” and [[John Wesley]]'s [[Methodist]] emphasis on helping the poor”.<ref> Nigel Scotland, “Methodism and the English Labour Movement 1800-1906”. ‘’Anvil,’’ Vol. 14, No 11997.</ref> The membership of the SDF was generally secularist and freethinking but religion was not a central issue. For all parties in the SDF, the central issue was commitment to socialism. Other important early influences were "radicals such as [[William Cobbett]] (1736-1835), [[Tom Paine]] (1737-1809) and [[Francis Place]] (1771-1854) whose writings and campaigning produced a seedbed of democracy".<ref> Nigel Scotland, “Methodism and the English Labour Movement 1800-1906”.</ref>

A 2010 newspaper report repeated a claim by Jim Fitzpatrick, the MP for Poplar and Canning Town that the Islamic Forum of Europe (IFE) had effectively created a party within the party in east East London. The IFE seeks to make Britain and the whole of [[Europe]] an Islamic state. In covert investigations by the media it was determined that the IFE were expressing opposition to democracy, support for sharia law or mocking black people and organized meetings with extremists, including [[Taliban]] allies.They are "placing people within the political parties, recruiting members to those political parties, trying to get individuals selected and elected so they can exercise political influence and power, whether it's at local government level or national level".<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/7333420/Islamic-radicals-infiltrate-the-Labour-Party.html Islamic radicals 'infiltrate' the Labour Party, TelegraphUK''Telegraph'',UK, February 27, 2010]</ref> {{cquote| [They are] placing people within the political parties, recruiting members to those political parties, trying to get individuals selected and elected so they can exercise political influence and power, whether it's at local government level or national level.}}

*Kent, Simon (April 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/04/03/tony-blair-warns-uk-labour-root-out-anti-semitism-completely/ Tony Blair Warns UK Labour: ‘Root Out Anti-Semitism Completely, Totally’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 3, 2018.*Garrison, Shea; Traficant, Ashley (December 15, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/international/474603-corbynism-has-been-defeated-but-the-anti-semitism-at-its-core-lives-on Corbynism has been defeated, but the anti-Semitism at its core lives on]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 15, 2019.</ref> In April 2018, the [[Labour Party (Israel)|Israeli Labour Party]] cut ties with the UK Labour Party due to the latter's anti-Semitism.<ref>Multiple references:

*Brest, Mike (November 26, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/corbyn-declines-to-apologize-to-jewish-committee-over-anti-semitism-in-labour-party Corbyn declines to apologize to Jewish committee over anti-Semitism in Labour Party]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved November 26, 2019.</ref> Files leaked in December 2019 found over 130 outstanding anti-Semitism cases in the party despite having been reported over 18 months earlier in many cases.<ref>Crilly, Rob (December 8, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/leaked-files-expose-extent-of-anti-semitism-in-british-labour-party Leaked files expose extent of anti-Semitism in British Labour Party]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 9, 2019.</ref><ref name="TopThreat2019"/> Additionally, the Simon Wiesenthal Center stated the Labour Party was the number one threat to the Jews.<ref name="TopThreat2019">Montgomery, Jack (December 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/12/08/leaks-suggest-labour-not-dealing-antisemites-simon-wiesenthal-center-party-number-threat-jews/ Leaks Suggest Labour NOT Dealing with Antisemites, Simon Wiesenthal Center Says Party Is Top Threat to Jews]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 9, 2019.</ref> Because of the party's anti-Semitism, Jewish voters "deserted" the party.<ref>Zindulka, Kurt (December 11, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/12/11/british-jews-reject-jeremy-corbyn-antisemitism/ Jewish Voters Have ‘Deserted’ Labour Under Corbyn over Antisemitism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 11, 2019.</ref> Even the U.S. Democratic Party worried about the Labour Party's anti-Semitism.<ref>Kelly, Laura (December 12, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/news/474204-democrats-worried-by-jeremy-corbyns-uk-rise-amid-anti-semitism Democrats worried by Jeremy Corbyn's UK rise amid anti-Semitism]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 12, 2019.</ref>

* Favretto, Ilaria."'Wilsonism' Reconsidered: Labour Party Revisionism, 1952-64." ''Contemporary British History'' 2000 14(4): 54-80 54–80 in [[EBSCO]]