A BOLTON MP joined thousands of protesters at a rally condemning anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.

The event, held on Corporation Street in Manchester on Sunday, attracted large crowds, including Bolton West Conservative MP Chris Green and Bury South Labour MP Ivan Lewis.

Complaints of anti-Semitic behaviour within the party, and specifically from its leader Jeremy Corbyn have increase in frequency in the past year.

The rally was also attended by British chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis.

Speaking during the event, Mr Green said: “It’s incredible that in 2018 the Jewish community of Greater Manchester have to come together to say enough is enough. Chuka Umunna has said that Labour is now an institutionally racist party.

“The chief rabbi has said that Jeremy Corbyn is anti-Semitic and 86 per cent of Jews in Britain have said that Jeremy Corbyn is anti-Semitic. I’m here standing in solidarity with the community to say no to racism, no to anti-Semitism, we all stand united to defeat this evil.”

He was joined by Mr Lewis, who said: “The scale of the turnout says everything really. On a wet Manchester day there’s a massive turnout of thousands of Jewish people and non-Jewish supporters of the Jewish community saying enough is enough. I never thought the day would come that I, as a Labour member and Labour supporter all of my life, that, as a Labour MP, I would come to a rally which is predominantly about anti-Semitism on the left.

“I hope that the message has gone out loud and clear that this community feels a real sense of anxiety and insecurity. Arguably, in this country the greatest sense of anxiety I can currently remember in my life.”

The protesters coined the phrase "enough is enough" in relation to their cause.

In response to claims of anti-Semitism, the Labour Party has said: “The Labour Party takes all complaints of anti-Semitism extremely seriously, which are fully investigated and appropriate disciplinary action taken in line with our rules and procedures. Labour’s new General Secretary Jennie Formby has made it her first priority to speed up and strengthen our procedures and to develop a programme of political education to create deeper awareness and understanding about all forms of anti-Semitism.”