Open Letter to the BBC, from licence-fee payers
Dear Mr Davie
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We, the undersigned, greatly value the BBC in terms of its declared mission and public purposes. We all pay the licence fee or have done so most of our working lives.
Precisely because of this, we are deeply disturbed by the way the BBC has been reporting allegations about the scale of antisemitism in the Labour Party since the middle of the last decade.
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We do not write on behalf of any party-political grouping. The group coordinating this effort is called CAMPAIN [i], a resolutely non-partisan body that includes people of all political parties and none. Its aim is simply to improve truthfulness and raise standards in public life. Our complaint is rooted in the belief that the BBC should uphold its Charter in terms of accuracy and impartiality.
Here are just a few examples of the BBC’s shortcomings in its coverage of this topic:
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The BBC has repeatedly reported the narrative about Labour antisemitism as a fact, without checking the veracity of the underlying allegations [ii]. This was evident, for example, in Laura Kuenssberg’s reporting during the 2016 local election campaign and her statement on News at Ten immediately following the Panorama documentary Is Labour Antisemitic? of July 2019 [iii]. See also Kirsty Wark’s repeated interruptions on Newsnight of Jewish interviewees who, based on their own experience, denied the existence of widespread antisemitism within the Labour Party and complained that the concept had been weaponised to undermine Jeremy Corbyn [iv].
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The Panorama documentary fell far short of the BBC’s own standards, as shown in the Media Reform Coalition’s catalogue of reporting failures regarding impartiality and accuracy [v]. Notably, the documentary withheld from viewers the facts that: (a) at least nine of the ten uncaptioned people testifying to antisemitism had played leading roles in anti-Corbyn and pro-Israeli organisations and could in no way be considered typical Party members [vi] (b) there was a lack of balance in the selection of expert witnesses [vii]. Furthermore, Panorama relied on Ben Westerman’s testimony upon which a recording casts serious doubt, and a statement from Izzy Lenga that stretched credibility beyond reasonable bounds [viii]. The documentary also showcased interviewees’ erroneous claims that the Corbyn leadership had interfered in disciplinary cases involving allegations of antisemitism [ix].
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The BBC failed to meaningfully respond to the very serious allegations in the Al Jazeera’s Labour Files documentary series about the shortcomings of the Panorama documentary.
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The BBC has consistently failed to shine an investigatory light on the interest groups and lobbyists behind the stream of accusations about antisemitism, and the relentless push for the adoption of the highly contested IHRA working definition of antisemitism. For this coverage, the public has had to rely on foreign broadcasters like Al Jazeera and principled independent journalists like Peter Oborne. Hence, our national broadcaster has defaulted on its responsibility.
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By these actions and lack of action, the BBC has missed a historic opportunity to play a positive role in the functioning of British democracy in accordance with its Charter. Had it properly investigated these matters, it could have enlightened public discourse in the run-up to a general election while calming unjustified fears among many Jewish voters [x] and others. Instead, it became complicit in a campaign of misinformation. We fear that if this lesson is not learned, history will repeat itself.
We ask the BBC to respond to each of these points, taking account of the evidence in the endnotes and links below. We look forward to receiving a thorough and well-evidenced reply.
Kind regards
The undersigned (see below endnotes)
Endnotes
[i] Campaign against Misrepresentation in Public Life, Information and the News, www.campain.org
[ii] The questionable nature of these allegations has long been evident from information in the public domain – see summary articles here and here. Available statistics in no way supported the thesis that the Labour left was a hotbed of rampant antisemitism, and showed that prejudice towards most if not all minorities, including Jews, was higher on the right of the political spectrum.
[iii] See BBC News at Ten, 10th July 2019. Political editor Laura Kuenssberg intoned gravely: Many party members have left, and if Labour can’t get a grip of racism in its own ranks, what might they lose next?
[iv] This is demonstrated in two clips from the Not the Andrew Marr Show, the first called Is it worth appearing on mainstream TV? and the second called How Newsnight stitched up key debate.
[v] MRC’s statement can be seen here.
[vi] At least eight were officers or former officers of the Jewish Labour Movement. Another, Phil Rosenberg, had worked for 8 years and 8 months as Director of Public Affairs at the Board of Deputies of British Jews.
[vii] One witness was employed by the British-Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM), a privately-funded campaign to strengthen Israel's image and support in the UK, and that treats opposition to Zionist ideology as practically the same as antisemitism. The other was a deputy director of the Community Security Trust (CST) who has written a book entitled ‘The Left’s Jewish Problem: Jeremy Corbyn, Israel and Antisemitism’, containing views disputed by many Jewish Labour members and academics. Panorama did not interview any of the latter.
[viii] Here are clips about Ben Westerman and Izzy Lenga from the Al Jazeera Labour Files documentary. Richard Sanders provides further information about Izzy Lenga in this article, saying that her statements ought surely to have set alarm bells ringing at the BBC for anyone with even the remotest familiarity with the internal culture of the Labour Party. In a carefully worded entry on the BBC's "Corrections and Clarifications" page of 14 December 2022, the Corporation said that if Lenga's testimony was ever shown again, it would include comments to give viewers "further context" about her experiences. Coming more than three years after the broadcast, this posting has been widely interpreted as an admission that Lenga's contribution was deliberately edited in such a way as to maximise the damage to Labour.
[ix] For information on this and other matters cited under this bullet, see Al Jazeera, The Labour Files, The Crisis, from 41:50 mins to 48.40 mins. Far from what was stated in the Panorama documentary, the Labour leader’s office did not intervene to protect members under investigation.
[x] This article contains abundant evidence about Corbyn’s anti-racist credentials and shows that anti-Jewish feelings are low in Britain relative both to other countries in Europe and to feelings against other minority groups. It quotes Antony Lerman, former Director of the Institute of Jewish Policy Research saying that there is probably no place more secure for Jews anywhere else in the world.
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Signatories
Disclaimer: we have enabled a double opt-in function to check the identity of signatories. However we are unable to exhaustively check all details on all signatories, for which reason we rely on the truthfulness of the information they provide. Sometimes we have added details that are in the public domain.
Jonathan Coulter, Secretary of CAMPAIN, www.campain.org
Tim Llewellyn, former BBC Middle-East Correspondent, now member of Labour Party, Balfour Project Executive Committee and CAMPAIN
Dr Peter Shambrook, historian and Balfour Project Trustee
Dr Swee Ang, orthopaedic surgeon and co-founder of Medical Aid for Palestinians, member of CAMPAIN
Sir Iain Chalmers, from Oxford, leading health services researcher, worked in Gaza for two years as UNRWA medical officer
Ghada Karmi, a Palestinian-born academic, physician and author living in London, and "signing as an individual Palestinian much harmed by the witch hunt of pro-Palestinian sympathisers using antisemitism as a pretext"
Kenny MacAskill, Alba Party MP for East Lothian
Crispin Blunt, Conservative MP for Reigate, and Chair of the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee 2015-2017
Clare Short, retired Labour MP from London
Rev. Mark Battison, member of CAMPAIN committee, former Chair of Sabeel-Kairos
Ken Loach, film director
Holly Loach, script reader and personal assistant to CEO, Voltage TV
Paul Laverty, screenwriter
Miranda Pinch, Producer of the film 'From Balfour to Banksy', member of committees of CAMPAIN and Lib Dem Friends of Palestine
Dr. Tom Mills, of Aston University, signing on behalf of the Media Reform Coalition (MRC) which he chairs
Riaz Meer, Vice-Chair, Media Reform Coalition
Natalie Fenton, Professor of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths College, London
David Cannon, Chair of Jewish Network for Palestine (JNP)
Haim Bresheeth-Zabner, Professorial Research Associate at SOAS, member of BRICUP and JNP, signing on behalf of JNP
Linda Speight, member of steering group of Jewish Network for Palestine (JNP)
Joanna Nowicki, member of JNP, from Forres, Moray
Paddy French, Editor Press Gang, worked as independent TV producer (programmes for C4, BBC Wales and ITV Wales) and 10 years as staff producer of 'Wales this Week' for ITV Wales
Professor Ilan Pappe, an Israel historian working at the University of Exeter
Avi Shlaim, Emeritus Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford
Jonathan Rosenhead, Chair, British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP), of Hackney, London
Mike Cushman, Membership Secretary, Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL)
Richard Kuper, Web Editor, JVL
Tony Booth, Environment Officer, JVL
Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, Media Officer, JVL
Leah Levane, Co-Chair, JVL
Tony Greenstein, blogger (https://azvsas.blogspot.com/) and member of Unite
Asa Winstanley, journalist with the Electronic Intifada
Anna Chen, former freelance writer and presenter for the BBC
Sarah Sheriff, signing in her personal capacity. as co-Chair of South-East London and Lewisham Friends of Palestine, and in representation of Muslim Community Helpline (MCH)
Naeem Malik, Chair of West Midlands Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC)
Lesley McGorrigan, UCU National Executive Committee (signing in personal capacity)
Marc Wadsworth, black rights campaigner, journalist and BBC filmmaker; editor of the-latest.com. Ex-Labour Party.
Glyn Secker, a leading member of Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JfJfP)
Clare Cape, Chair, Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine (LDFP)
Andy Daer, Vice Chair, Lib Dem Friends of Palestine
John Kelly, Secretary, Lib Dem Friends of Palestine
Steve Walker, Editor of Sqwawkbox
Elizabeth Morley, from Aberystwyth
Prof David Mond, mathematician, member of CAMPAIN committee
Jerry Headley, University Director, member of CAMPAIN committee
David Plank, retired local authority CEO and Director of Social Services. Member of CAMPAIN
Rodney Watts, founder member of CAMPAIN
Alan Maddison, member of CAMPAIN
Ruth Gould, member of CAMPAIN
Prof James Dickins, University of Leeds, member of CAMPAIN
Roshan Pedder, member of CAMPAIN, from West Molesey, Surrey
Eddie Powell, CAMPAIN member
James Turner, CAMPAIN member
Ken Mapley, member of Labour Party and CAMPAIN
Pamela Manning, Lib Dem from Cambridge, and member of CAMPAIN
John Hall, CAMPAIN member
Catherine Mackenzie, CAMPAIN member
Jan Deckers, CAMPAIN member, from Rothbury, Northumberland
John Coates, Industrial Engineer
Nick Elvidge
Angie Mindel
Adrian Grant
Howard Harris
Gregory Harris
Norman Wright
Emrys Jenkins, retired senior Academic
Ivan Wels, active with National Education Union, Nottingham City
Illinois Cook
Brian Steedman
Kitty Warnock, retired Overseas Development official
Alex Wardle
Rex Smith
Stewart Whitehead, ex-Labour Party member
Ben Lowe
Brendan O'Brien
Jane Collier
Teresa Grover, supporter of Jeremy Corbyn
Denise Fowler, member of Amnesty International
Peter Last, from Cambridge
Averil Parkinson
Chris Selsby
Lesley Cooke
J.W. Freeman, Senior Maths Lecturer, Bradford College, retired. Member of PSC
Teresa Devereux
Amjad Al-Dajani
Jennifer Runham
Richard Comaish, member of Coop Party
Colin Clews
Joanna Mingham
Kevin White
Susan Buckingham
John Davey, from Godalming, Surrey
Ananda Ramamurthy
Richard Seaford
Iaian Crawford
Steve Kinneavy, Palestine campaigner from Sheffield Hallam
Janet Watson, University of Leeds
Sangeeta Lyons
Derek Perkins
Jennifer Jones
Robert Boyce, works for LSE
Paulina Palmer
Mary Wyatt
Eddie Dougall, Membership Secretary, Mid Suffolk District Branch Labour Party
Dodie Carter
Bob Stiff
Sue Stiff
Keith Midgley
Lorcan Smith
Anne Pascall
Dina Glouberman, Founding Director, Skyros Holidays
Stewart Eames
Thomas Sheerin
Peter Morgan
Susan King
Kenny Fryde, Jewish Labour Party member
Jenny Hardacre
Kathleen Hamilton, from Cambridge
Kathlyn Porteus, retired marketeer
Kathleen Young
Chris Proffitt
Trevor Hoyle, writer of novels and radio drama
Simon Cohen
Jane McArthur
Stan Grycuk
Caroline Routledge
Omar Shamma
Stephen Wagg
Stephen Wyatt
Roland Laycock
David Blow
Abbas Hussain, retired human-rights lawyer from Hinkley
Mark Lewinsky-Grende
Stephen Kind, ex-Labour Party, resigned
Nat Lindo
Joseph Cairns
Anthony Hall, retired engineer
Cliff Jones, writer
Rachel Crowcroft
Rachel Peto
John Ward
Sharon Browne
Amirah Raheem, student
Eller Everett, PhD student
Susan Blackwell
Kate Langton
Annie O'Gara
Brian Holland
Margot Brown
Gerald Gardiner
Leon Rosselson, writer of satirical songs and children's books
Angela Martin, retired UCU member; ex-Sheffield Hallam University; Labour Party member
John Purcell
Leon Carvallo-Phillips, freelance EFL teacher
Eileen Stapleton
Andy Hamilton, retired consultant to the European Commission
Anthony Baldwin
Martin Golding, a Jewish individual from Cambridge
Keith and Francis Armes
Colin Lomas
Noel Nowosielski, former Liberal Party member
Fiona Leach
Linda Whittern
Alison Aiken
Richard von Abendorff
Brian Precious, active with Unite community
Malcolm Bride
Lindsey Colvin-Fox
Tippu Sheriff
Amina Mangera, a community activist from London, signing on behalf of herself and many community groups to which she belongs
John Tilley, life-long liberal, and majority Lib Dem leader of Kingston Council 1994/97
John Payne, Liberal Democrat member, Epsom & Ewell party
Mujahid Islam
Megan Povey
Susan Fletcher
Jackie Wrafter, Director, Kianh Foundation
Tom Salmon
Simon Attwood
Terry Froud
Sue Woodsford, Amnesty International member from Cambridge
Jane Lee, Keighley’s Independent Voice
Diana Lloyd, working in education in Cambridge
Clare Dove, artist, former Labour Party Member, Unite member
Peter Hague, ex-Labour Party member
Simon Craig, Unite member
Susan Craig, Unite member
Bernard Spiegal
John Dunn
Mary Holmes
Kathy McCubbing
Alan Dale
Judith Blaker
Alan Falconer
Terry Savage
Peter Blaker
Ian Malcolm-Walker
Rimone Newman
Peter Feenan
Colin Horwood, from Chigwell, Essex, member of CAMPAIN
Brian Nicholson
Lindsay Baker, former Labour supporter
Chris Helm, from Liverpool
Diane Beck
David Lloyd
Lesley Marshall
Dugald Craig
Stan Was
Heather Stuttard
Stephen Wakefield, pensioner and gardener
Yvonne Davies
Ian Finn
Sue Coyle
Nicolas Weaver
Julie Yates
Karen Power
Alex Hall
Martin Burslam
Clare Willison
Miles Unsworth
Drew Taylor
David Goldbery, member of Jews for Justice for Palestinians
Daniel Vulliamy, Labour Party CLP Treasurer, from Driffield, East Yorks.
Lucy Vulliamy, from East Yorks
Rafique Miah
Brian Parkinson
Robin Lockyer
Gerard Smyth
Peter Freeman, psycotherapist & gardner, former Labour Party member
Owen Plunkett
Graham Sabino
Graham Fattorini
Barbara Cairns
Amrah Khan, data architect
Mihai Martoiu Ticu
Jacob Butler, member of Unite
Kim Johnson
Patricia Marsh
Pamela Butler
John MacKinnon, retired teacher
Peter White
Prof. Ellie Palmer, Prof. Emeritus: Law/Human Rights, University of Essex
Rosemary Mackenzie
Anne Holden
Donald Sassoon, Queen Mary University of London, member of Jewish Voice for Labour
Patricia Mitchell
Anthony Sperryn
Naomi Keep
Peter Slevin
Kevin Riley
Jacqueline Menzies
Hugh Wallis
Elizabeth York
Rachel Woodward
Stephen Simpson
Eveline van der Steen
Rita Mendelson
James Bergier
John Earle
Emma Simmons
Annie Blindell
Peter Jones
Nigel Haines, ex-member South Leicester CLP
Jenny Bracey
Christian De La Croix
Robert Castell
Scarlett Martindale, quality technician
Steven Kirby
Ian Griffin
Jackie Walker
Graham Atkinson
Adrie Breugelmans, Labour Party Member
John Hodkinson
Michael Davies
Clair Holmes
Sue Smith
Elizabeth Cutter
Rob Mathews
Philip Glaysher
Geoff Taylor, solidarity member of JVL
Charlotte Williams, member of Labour Party and JVL
Susan Curtis
Elliott Hughes
Paul Thorne
Shaun Pye
Chris Lacey
Susan Thompson, from Plymouth
Shabab Ahmed
John Potts, from Maldon, Essex
Sean Fitzpatrick
Adrian Pantlin
Cllr Martin Abrams, Lambeth Labour Councillor
Mike Scott, JVL
Hamish Coubrough
Dr Martin Segall
Viera Taylor
Thomas Darrer
Ben Capewell, of no political affiliation
George Hughes
David Cullen
Susan Fitzpatrick
Caroline Raine, Jewish Labour Party member
Jeremy Richardson
Chris Stone, founding Editor, Whitstable Views: https://whitstableviews.com/
Thomas Stocking
Pat Melia
Shuna Watkinson
Robert Atkins
Thomas Stackhouse
Stephen Kennedy
Rev Mike Dixon, retired Anglican priest
Marty Climenhaga
Christina Katic
Hanna Khamis, member of Warwick & Leamington CLP
Michael Clarke, former Labour Party member
Michael Herring
Anya-Nicola Darr, a Unite member with relatives in Israel
Linda Lefevre
Stephen Hayes
Roger Day, former Labour Party member
Steven Bliss
Stephen Whiting, member of Unite (retired), former member of the Labour Party, Quaker.
Damian Swarbrick
Roberto Navarrette
Joseph Gorniak
Chris Main, retired socialist
Mike Harling, from London Borough of Croydon
Stuart Dye
John Gallagher
David Rose
Glenn Martin
Sonia Davey
Chris Chilton, Chair, Bolton Socialist Club, signing on behalf of the organisation
Madelaine Brierley
Richard Lockwood, member of Fire Brigade Union
Ronald Webster
Marc Beishon
Karen Hall
Andy Hockley
Tony Graham, Labour Party member
Helen Rosen
Edward Vanderpump
John Mitchell. Author of this interesting article.
Helen Kelleher, caretaker
Anna Pichierri, works for NHS
Dr Tristram Wyatt, Emeritus Fellow, Kellogg College, University of Oxford
Guy Burke
Yvonne Osman
Gerard O'Rourke
Mandy Parry
Simon Dewsbury
Stephen McCluskie
Peter Rand
Maggie Sandland, resigned from Labour Party
Chris Critchley, member of JVL
Rowland Selame, Rasfilmproduction.com
Cath Ryde, member of National Education Union
Val Bodels
Tim Munton
Paul Wilkinson, UCU retired member
Michael Frost
Rene Gimpel, Labour Party and JVL member
Stephen Beadle, ex-Labour Party member
Allan Pearson
Russell Bond
Linda Bache, from Stoke-on-Trent
Rita Appleby
Seamus O'Connell, from Brent, London, TSSA delegate to a Labour Party CLP GC
Jean Wilson
Angela Picknell
William Salt
Graham Bell
Michel Trainer, from London
Jay Henderson
Beverley Molineaux
Eileen Murtha Brown
John Spencer, Labour Party member
Jayne MxGlone, pathologist
Abid Mian
Tracy Nelms
Sandy Palmer, ex-Labour Party
Margaret Egerton
Patricia Hornsey
Natalie Monaghan
Gill Harris
Michele Day
Durah Ashton
Gill Barnes
Gary Hedges
Tessa van Gelderen
Tommy O'Neil, ex-Labour Party
Chris Higgins
Martin Kernick, from Stockport
Elizabeth Connell
Tim Barlow
Megan Playfair
Erica Lang, North Herts PSC
Allan Grote
Miriam Yagud, Labour Party member
Lyn Padley
Stephen Richards
Lee Johnson, Labour Party member and former CLP chair
John Upright
Dennis O'Malley
Ian Pinhey
Angela Edmunds
Terry Phillips
John Murray
Keith Russell
Ray Taylor
Terry Clarke
Elaine Ashley
Paula Derry
Roger Phillips
Alison Hughes
Dr Ayesha Mangera
William Barnett
Frances Kay, playright and ex-Labour Member
Liam Physick
Helen Marks
Paul Davies
Mumin Moin
Isaac Mond
Diamond Versi, from Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Philip Colley
Helen Dickson, member of Liverpool Friend of Palestine and Merseyside Solidarity Knows no Borders
Alma Yaniv
Dafydd Ladd
Roy Cooke
Michael Wright
Jonathan Edwards
Clare Johnson
Jeremy Hawthorn
Colin McKean, Liverpool Friends of Palestine
Sebil John Joseet
Mike Cahil
Pete Winstanley, Labour Party member
Sally Davies, member of Jews for Justice for Palestinians, Leamington Spa and JFJFP, UK
Maeve Landman
Jillian Nicol
Simon Birnstingl
Arthur Marchant
Anita Gill
Dianne Cox, retired teacher and Anglican priest. Member of PSC, ICAHD and committed Christian
John Henry, member of UNITE, from Wrexham
Denis Mollison, Lib Dem/SDP member since 1981
Anthony Symmons
Martin Bray
Anand Pillay, Univ. of Notre Dame/Univ. of Leeds
Rod Thompson
Jim Malone, from Dundee
Taraneh Ahmadi-Parker
Georgine Whiting
Michael Green
Stephen Lockwood
Mark Smith
Mary Scurr
Pat Mood
Paul Hopkins
Michael Sherwood
Mike Reed, Chair of Omega Research Foundation, 50 years membership of Amnesty International
Lynn McAllister
Naomi Wayne, ex-Labour Party
Jeremy Tear
Denis Jones
Tony Dennis, retired academic, Labour Party member and supporter of JVL
Barclay Lane, member of Jews for Justice for Palestinians, Leamington Spa
Karl Greenwood
Talal Hangari, Labour Party member
Verity Bird
Wendy Taylor, from Ilford, Essex
Rosie Habron
Angie Hudson, ex-Labour Party
Chas Hayes
Marion Roberts, Professor Emeritus at Westminster University
Andy Phipps, of Unite North Notts branch
Lisa Hitchen
John Compton
Enid Gordon
Dianne Woodward, from Loughborough, Leicestershire
John Goodman
Penny Wilcox
Julietta Schoenmann, PSC supporter and member of JNP, from Bristol
Clive Darling
Leonie Rushforth, Labour Party member, from London
Raphael Salkie
Catherine Connolly
Gary Griffiths, retired, formerly of Unite, from Woking
Ann Butterworth
David Mowat, has served as human rights worker in Israel and Palestine on the EAPPI programme
Amy Fletcher
Catherine Feeny, from Bristol
Penelope Ormerod, member of Jewish Network for Palestine
Bridget Neate
Jessica McGarty
Kate Cargin
David Hanraty, from Stone Cross, Pevensey
Ronald Mendel, Univ. of Northampton
Marc Lavelle
Peter Breingan
Naomi Roberts
Paul Crofts
Merilyn Moos, whose historically Jewish family was murdered by nazis
Clarke Fullerton
John Baker
Katie Spalding
Steve Mitchelmore
Martin Bayliss
Kate Aspinwall
Robert Aikman
Sally McDonald, from Swansea
Julian Ladbury
Ronald Kercher, member of PSC and Jewish Voice for Peace
Owen Bulmer
Kaja Langer
Michael Anderson
Philip Lord, retired headteacher
Iaian Bulmer
Rod Jones
Anthony Wood
Andrew Burgess
Ian Pinchen
Chris Whitrow
Juliet Molteno
Robin Isbell
Christopher Murphy
Dan Burnett
Paul Abbott
Gerald Payne
Steven Burke
Graham Mills
John Garrett, from Kenilworth, Associate Professor at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, retired
Barbara Needham
Paul Rosenbloom
Kevin Adair
Nic Lee, from London
Andrew Buchanan
Mike Sherred
Steve Sexty
Fiona Dixon
Alex Birchall
Nick Robson
Nicola Pollinger, home educator
Keith Smith, from Colyton, Devon
Jess Brady
Duncan Taylor, member of Amnesty International
Sophie Cansdale, complex needs support worker
John Yudkin, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University College, London
Lawrence Bryant
Irene Ridgeon
Allan & Pat Wright
Steve Roman
Cam Bowie
Gordon Shaw
Alfred Gliddon
Tim Bolton-Maggs, ex-Labour Party
Greg Harrowing
Michael Moody
Helen Heenan
Alan Chapman
Felicity Taylor
Marian Hoffman
Mark Ward
Anthony Prior, retired independent councillor
Roger Bartlett
Cormac Kelly, member of Socialist Alternative and NEU
Stephen Sheppard
Tim Glanton
Gareth Adamson
Tom French
Chris Johnson
Ash Mohammed
Gwyneth Boswell
Kholoud Porter
Chris Williams
Stewart Brooker, Labour Party member
Katherine Perry
Andy Watters
Marji Mansfield
Alice Severs, from Durham City
Rob Gardiner, signing for PSC St. Neots, Cambridgeshire
Stella Millburn, from Driby, Alford, Lincs.
Nazim Merchant
Peter Lawrence
Terence Roberts
Helen Troughton
Dennis Elphick, from Kingsbridge, Devon
Malcolm Hall
Garry Strudwick, ex-Labour Party
Denis Rumbold
Eldin Fahmy
Andy Stillman
David Epstein, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Warwick, FRS
Johanna Alberti
David Foster
Duncan Thomson
Lindsay Shaw
Margaret Foggie
Jane Marshall
Phyl Hoadley, retired social care worker, ex-Labour Party
Katherine Goodban
Seb Paemen
Gearoid O Lainsgsigh
Frank Beckett
Dr Eric Windgassen, retired consultant psychiatrist
Dave Rendle, from Cardigan
Simon Caplan
Michael Noble
Tim Sambrook
Steve Byrne, member of PSC
John Brown
Peter Dowse
Eugene Hyon
Jaqueline Creamer
Peter Symons
Diane Pearson
Clare Ayton-Edwards, retired civil servant
Mike Craig
Marilu Cavaliere
Vassa Nicolaou
Jon Houghton
Malcolm Bradstock, from Nottingham
James Ritchie
June Lamb, ex-Labour party
Jason Hall, raconteur
Marc Truscelli
Teresa Colbeck
Keith White, Labour Party member
Graham Noble
Michael Westcombe, from London
Rin Roche
Christopher Gaynor, from Rotherham
Julian Townsend
Paula Elliott, from Bridgwater, Somerset
David Timlin
Pam Page, from Brighton
Iftach Starik
Victoria Cuckson
Gary Jakings
Eric Cooke
Susan Brown
Heather Skibsted
Ian Francis Stewart McDonald, Green Party member
Brenda Barnard
Jonathan Bellos
Omar Al-Omari
Egbert Harmsen, Board member of BDS Netherlands
Peter Payne, Labour Party member
Philip Wagstaff
David Lowton, from St. Helens, Merseyside
Susan Lowton
Diana Isserlis
Andy Wales
Peter Allen
Vejay Patel
Nina Heaton
Maria Yeaman
Dolan Delve
Angela Peoples, ex-Labour Party
Chris Thomas
Brian Moran
Pamela Blakelock, Labour Party member who was suspended when Vice-Chair of her CLP
Tom Dragicevic, from London
Jack Thomas, supporter - Jewish Refuser Solidarity Network, from Liverpool
Lola Davies
Tim Oxton
Antoinette Paphides
Brendan McAleer
Terence McGinity
Sai Brace
Walter Zuk
John Porter, from Glasgow
Linda Watson
Anna Rose
Valerie Hanson
Roger Coates
Ruth Gillett
William Robson
Paul Rowan
Steve Olive
Heather Formaini
Clive Semmens, concerned person of Jewish descent
Ian Dargo, from Bromley, Kent
Janice Joannou
Graham Stewart
Yvonne Arnaud
Nick Kouyoumdjian
Jan Bennett
Arthur Jarrett
Steve Jansky
Nicolas Ruch, Labour Party member
Siamak Amini
Nadia Amara
Anna Hubbard
David Roger
Ken Baker
Daniel Waterman, a British Jew upset at Zionist political influence and media bias, particularly at the BBC
Miko Fischer
Paul Curtis
Mary Higgins
Tricia Griffin
Jenny Jackson
Paul Steele
Vivien May
Philip Foxe
Juls Price, from Winchester, Hampshire
Richard Carabine, Labour Party member
Kay Murphy
John Murphy
Stuart Littlewood, from Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway
Des Byrne
Jean Sullivan
Angelika Golz, from Totnes, Devon
Rosalind Austin
Kay Lawrence
Nicola Malleson
Kenneth Tomkins, from Reading, Berks
Lucy Moy-Thomas, ex-Labour Party
Valerie Mann
Paddy O'Keeffe, ex-Labour Party
Arantxa Gaba, from London
Jane Casmally
Yusef R. Abu Khadra
Sean O'Donoghue
Viv Pribram
Seymour Alexander
David Littlewood
Dee Coombes, Labour Party member, from Liverpool
Grenville Smith
Alexander Gavin
Ciaran O'Dornan, St Mary's University College, Belfast
John McLaughlin
Andrew Hornung
Gloria George
Robert Roberson
Thomas Coady, a confectioner from Brighton
Margaret Mulheran
Mike Larcey
Martin Nichols, teacher
Bronagh Wilson
Helen Martins
David Pinto, self-employed musician, writer on music
Susan Cox, from King's Lynn, Norfolk
Elizabeth Peck, Member of Trade Union and Socialist Coalition (TUSC), from Rugby
Penny Porter
Bermard Spiegal
Salim Bhatoo
Iain Rendell
Chris Preston, UNITE member
Charley Young
Barbara Iqbal
Sue Young
Sue Owen
Diana Neslen, member of JVL
Clare Jones
John Metson, from Durham City
Carolyne Darmanin
Susan Clark
Mohammed Sahmoude, from London Borough of Croydon
Deborah Darnes
Karen Frontera
John Wilkins, Secretary of BOLD (Building our Local Democracy) non politically aligned campaigning group.
Petra Lunberg
Janet Crosley, ex-Labour Party, from Littlehampton, West Sussex
Beverley Cottrell, ex-Labour Party
Denise Fonseca
Noel Hamel, from New Malden and member of Jewish Network for Palestine (JNP)
Diana Davey
Bob Walker, from Northiam, East Sussex
Lyn Ellerker
Michael Shanahan
Suzanne Gannon
Charlotte Peters Rock
Philip Ward
Anthony Stoll
David Myles
Margaret Edwards
Suzanne Nobel
Ahmed Afana
Erica Brook, PSC supporter
Mary Dwyer
Janet Thompson
Jennifer Abbott
Sandra Yehya
Robert Walker
Robert Storey, from Rochester, Kent
Mark Andresen
Isobel Webster
Steve Fisher
Gary Boyle
Vor Moody
David Lancaster, PSC member and ex-Labour Party member
John Nicholson
Ron Berry
Stephen Latham, Labour Party member from Sandhurst, Kent
Alan Horton, Hood Farm
David Selzer
Patricia Miqdadi
Nick Pile
David Mizrachi, from Muswell Hill, London N10
Jenna Delich
Roger Galley
Caroline Norman
Esther Lacruz
Mikey Tynemouth
Jane Al-Attar
Brian Jones
Ann Newton-Marcial
Roger Bromley
Jacob Serruya W.
Alfreda Benge
Rev Dr John Anderson, signing for the Israel/Palestine mission network of the Presbyterian church USA. Previously lived in Scotland.
Robert Wyatt
Lars Petersson, from Edinburgh
Geraldine Rolfe
Judith Reynolds
Lee Whitaker, from Brighton
Philip Adams
Michael Hart
Edward Hulme
Helen Corkin
Fiona Norman, from Welwyn Garden City, Herts.
Sushma Lal
Darry Sugg
Benjamin Treuhaft
Steve Beresford, freelance musician
Tony Dickinson
Avril Wooster
John Tidbury
Janice Tidbury
Paul Wimpeney, retired teacher
Pamela Brown
Veronica Leeke, Labour Party member
John Adams
Susan Murphy, member of Amnesty International
Jan Shearer
Paul Rechnitz, from Hackney, London
Colin Mewett, from Merthyr Tydfil
Janet Walker
Roger Spettigue, Labour Party member
Ken Campbell, Labour Party member
Simon Hinds
John Boschetti
Kate Lattimore
Lisa Morris, living in Villejesus Aigre, France
Malcolm Morris, living in Villejesus Aigre, France
Ruth Ross
Zoe Zero
John Cagan
Rosalind Meadow
Ian Cuthbertson
Carol Milner
Bonny Ambrose
Idris Nawab
Jill Weston
Patrick Towey
Frances Kelly, from Manchester
Susan Schonfield
Raimo Kangasniemi
Donald Saunders, from Colwyn Bay, active with Interfaith for Palestine
James Hall
Gregory Douglas, member of Chiltern Peace and Justice, UNITE and JVL
Jonathan Maytham
Martin Graham
Piers Carter
Philippa Maytham
Jeffrey Hughes
Bernard Grant
Adrian Sanchez
Brendan Blake
Geoff Butler
Lynne Butler
Richard Barton Pink, owner of Barton Plants
Chris Friel, writes in Academia.edu
Pamela Attwood
Frank Attwood
Claire Pyper
Richard Ryan
James Cohen, member of Unite Community
Jenny Kassman, Jewish member of the Labour Party and JVL, from Islington
Jesica Deste
Jim Deane
Conner Jackson
Simon Eason
Caroline Barton
Josh Spooner
Heather Smith
Jamie Bird
Shaun Wilson
Edward E. Stapleton
Kieron Southwood
William Findley
Adam Dransfield
Les Storey
Talib Shah
Anthony Phillips
Dan Bennett
Philip Stephens
Axel Heidenreich
Kathleen Torrie, independent music creator
Catherine Muller
Ben Tooley
Rod Walters, member of PSC
Prof. Mohamed Elgomati, OBE. Professor Emeritus in Electronics at University of York
Joseph Paglia, from Winchester
Rosie Hague, from Glasgow
Hamid Masud
Caroline Hope
Peter Ashan, member of Waltham Forest PSC
David Toorawa
Anthony Collins
Heather Stroud
Camille Fidgett
Helen Gibson
Patrick Scott, member of Islington South and Finsbury CLP
Andy Simons, manager of palestinebooks.com
Jane Maskell
David Dunn, academic
Den Carter
Chick McKain, in broadcasting, member of BECKTU
Sally Hughes
Bargas Hatem, member of Interfaith for Palestine
Efa Wulle, signing as an individual and for Interfaith for Palestine
Stephen Branscombe
Francis Clark-Lowes, an individual who has experienced being accused of antisemitism
Asad Khan
Hilary Price, member of JVL, Cambridge
Andy Richards
Annie Warren
Basil Creese
Chris Gardner
Brian McDevitt
Kathy Hammad, writer and film maker
Gill Hewitt, retired events manager
Jeff Marchant
Samuel Morris
Jean Irwin
Naomi Junnor
Matt Aldarab
Chas Brookes
Judith Brookes
Baroness Dr. Jenny Tonge
Gary Bramble
Mark Hollinrake
Cynthia Ingraham, former journalist with Newsweek
Patricia Jane Gonzalez
Rev Stephen Sizer, retired Anglican priest
Kate Varnfield
Nigel Scott, member of the Lib Dems and CAMPAIN
Carole Thomas
Laura Casimir
Angela Dietrich
Colin Oxenforth
Rev Andrew Hunt, Anglican priest
Joanne Molyneux
Patricia Hughes
Pete Barclay
Lori Wyndham
Wendy Brown
Isabel Tomlin
Dr David E. Ward, retired cardiologist
Erica Flegg, retired, former member of National Union of Journalists and risk assessor for family violence
Rachel Paynter
John Stewart
Kelsey Cowling
Pru Laslett
John Lambie, retired, from Hertfordshire, promotes proportional representation
Pamela Suryomartono
Dorothy Brownlee
Cathie Emerson
Michael Evans
David Farley
Ken Young
Carol Bentley
Joyce Noon
Lynn Palmer, retired medical social worker
Sandra Law
Susan Wade
Glenys Carter
Abigail Markham
Juliet Sherratt
Vee O'Brien
Eddy Knasel, Quaker Clerk, Bristol
Len Mitchell, landscape specialist
Brian Mitchell
Mike O'Shea
Lucy Zawadzki
John Lynes
Florence Germain
Rachel Nassif, from Waterlooville, Hampshire
Claudia Coulter
Agni Handy, actor
Maria Huff
Linda Skellam
Alison Morgan
Annette Burghes
Rob Hayes
Billiy Almond, from Frome, Somerset
Geoff Taylor, solidarity supporter of JVL
Peter Cann, retired journalist, NUJ member
Judith Wardle
Michael Calderbank
Elizabeth Lock
Bill MacKeith
Melanie Moulding, Labour Party Environment Officer
Judith Weeks, Labour Party member and Quaker
Andrew Joslin
Azeema Caffoor
Jane Carey
George Mason, a Quaker from Milton, Banbury, Oxon.
Anan Rasad
Elizabeth Burroughs
Roger Kindell
Keith Jerrome, member of the Unite Community
Rod Everett
Maria Mureddu
Christopher Byrne, retired car worker
Janet Davies
Helen White, from Manchester
Catherine Fritz
Peter Rossetti
Lisa Rosetti
Philip Tate
Rod Cox, has worked in Gaza on children's mental health problems
Chris Sharkey
Mark Sharkey
Lesley-Anne Perrin, concerned that the BBC had denied Jeremy Corbyn the opportunity of a fair interview
Jeff Adams
Tricia Scott, psychotherapist
Christopher Ellis
Linda Ruhemann
Louise Hosking
Christine Watson
Brian Murphy
Damien Willey
Ali Dogan
Daniel Cairns, Art Director
Malcolm Lewis, from Bath
Nicola James, from Bath
Zarria Phillips, Branch Sec Bristol & Gloucester area Unite Community
Martha Loach, from London
Ian Holton, from Bath
Adrian Partridge, from Lea, Matlock, Derbyshire
Philip Whitney, from Matlock, Derbyshire
Eleanor Wardle, from Sheffield
Jennifer Joy-Matthews, from Darley Dale, Derbyshire
Jane Morrow, from Matlock, Derbyshire
Lesley Bryan, from Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex
Kieron McCarron, from Bath
Caron Anthony, from Derbyshire
Ed Hulse, from Kilburn, Derbyshire
Tumble Bone, from Hastings, Sussex
Mike McCarthy, from Seahouses, Northumberland
Cathy Crowther, from Alnwick, Northumberland, member of Unite
Phil Crowe, from Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex
Ian Bell, from Highcliffe, Dorset, former human rights worker, and human rights monitor on the West Bank
Jennifer and John Sanderson, from Derbyshire
Gertrude Chilton, from Bolton
Rob Wall, from Bedford
Kim Longinotto, filmmaker from Highbury, London
Allan Grote, from Margate, Kent
Nigel Godfrey, from Matlock, Derbyshire
Yasmin Kagzi, from Leicester
Judy Ross, from Bath
Jane Samson, from Bath
Leonard Beighton, from Cobham, Surrey
Marc Thorne, Director of Sunrise Publishers Ltd., Bodmin, Cornwall
Christine Wilson, from Frome, Somerset
Jonathan Puttock, member of Chester Friends of Palestine
Torla Evans, from London, member of PSC, Israeli Committee against House Demolitions (ICAHD) and the Green Party
James McGuire, Emeritus Professor of Forensic Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool
Hugh Neal, from Boston, Lincs.
Julie Ryan, from Skipton, North Yorks.
Caroline Domingo, Labour Party member from Saltburn, North Yorks.
Lester Cowell, retired education worker from Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Geoff Stoddart, from London
Ian Kemp, from Maidstone, Kent
Elizabeth Palmer, Professor Emerita, School of Law/Human Rights Centre,University of Essex. Lives in London
Robert Entwistle, retired teacher from Kendal, Cumbria
Jonathan Livingstone, a psychotherapist/psychologist from Stourbridge, West Midlands
Sue Buchan, from Leeds
Sandie Versi, from Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Czech Conroy, from London
Adrian Wilkes, from Camden, London