Key facts
- Keir Starmer resigned as UK Prime Minister.
- Starmer falsely claimed the Labour Party was institutionally antisemitic under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.
- Jeremy Corbyn refuted the claim of institutional antisemitism.
- Starmer also claimed to have inherited a financially bankrupt Labour Party, which was contradicted by the party's 2020 annual report.
- The UK government's equalities watchdog found discrimination but not institutional antisemitism in the Labour Party under Corbyn.
- Starmer's media office did not respond to inquiries about correcting the record in Parliament.
Keir Starmer has resigned as UK Prime Minister, with his departure marked by accusations of falsehoods and a "structural dishonesty" in his political career. Starmer's final address to Parliament included a claim that the Labour Party was "institutionally antisemitic" under his predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn. Corbyn swiftly issued a statement refuting this, stating "There was no such finding."
