The party leader correctly sent a signal that democracy is about winning votes, not indulging nostalgia among a minority
The Labour party lists the Equality Act as one of the major achievements of its last spell in government. Passed in 2010, it provides everyone with robust legal protections against discrimination based on sex, disability, age, race, religion, sexual orientation and gender reassignment.
But just a decade later, the Labour party was itself found to have breached its own landmark law, when the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) declared that it had acted unlawfully in discriminating against Jewish members. Its lead investigator said that, as leader of the party during the period in question, Jeremy Corbyn was “ultimately accountable and responsible for what happened”.
