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John le Carre and Joanna Lumley are among two dozen public figures who have urged voters not to support the Labour Party because of its association with antisemitism.

The group - who are all non-Jewish - said Jeremy Corbyn "has a long record of embracing antisemites as comrades" and asked which other communities "would be next".

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, actor Simon Callow and author Tony Parsons were among the 24 signatories of the letter to the Guardian.

Broadcaster Trevor Phillips, who is deputy board chair of the National Equality Standard and a former Labour London Assembly member, also signed the letter.

They wrote: "The coming election is momentous for every voter, but for British Jews it contains a particular anguish: the prospect of a prime minister steeped in association with antisemitism.

"Under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, Labour has come under formal investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission for institutional racism against Jews.

"Two Jewish MPs have been bullied out of the party. Mr Corbyn has a long record of embracing antisemites as comrades.

"We listen to our Jewish friends and see how their pain has been relegated as an issue, pushed aside by arguments about Britain's European future.

"For those who insist that Labour is the only alternative to Boris Johnson's hard Brexit, now, it seems, is not the time for Jewish anxiety.

"But antisemitism is central to a wider debate about the kind of country we want to be.

"To ignore it because Brexit looms larger is to declare that anti-Jewish prejudice is a price worth paying for a Labour government.

"Which other community's concerns are disposable in this way? Who would be next?

"Opposition to racism cannot include surrender in the fight against antisemitism. Yet that is what it would mean to back Labour and endorse Mr Corbyn for Downing Street.

"The path to a more tolerant society must encompass Britain's Jews with unwavering solidarity. We endorse no party.

"However, we cannot in all conscience urge others to support a political party we ourselves will not. We refuse to vote Labour on December 12."

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A Labour Party spokesman said: "It's extraordinary that several of those who have signed this letter have themselves been accused of antisemitism, Islamophobia and misogyny.

"It's less surprising that a number are Conservatives and Lib Dems.

"We take allegations of antisemitism extremely seriously, we are taking robust action and we are absolutely committed to rooting it out of our party and wider society."

The response was met with anger by signatory Ghanem Nuseibeh, the founder of management consultant Cornerstone Global Associates, who called it "extremely dangerous".

He said: "A fifth of us who signed this letter are Muslim, and yet Labour says of us because we called for people not to vote for Corbyn 'Islamophobic'. Why bring Islamophobia? [sic]."

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The other people who signed the letter are:

Fay Weldon - author

William Boyd - author

Antony Beevor - military historian

Sathnam Sanghera - journalist and author

Janina Ramirez - art and cultural historian

Suzannah Lipscomb - historian and TV presenter

Tom Holland - actor

Peter Frankopan - historian

Dan Snow - TV historian

Fiyaz Mughal - Founder of Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) and director of Faith Matters

Tony Parsons - author

Dan Jones - historian

Maajid Nawaz - radio presenter and founder of Quilliam, a counter-extremism think tank

Oz Katerji - journalist

Nick Hewer - TV presenter and Lord Sugar's adviser on The Apprentice

Ed Husain - writer and senior fellow at Civitas, the institute for the study of civil society

Terry Jervis - journalist and producer

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