In June 2019, Pollard said "I think in the last few years there's certainly been a huge need for the journalism that the JC does in especially looking at the anti-Semitism in the Labour party and elsewhere" and "there's such a huge need for our proper crusading independent journalism". Kessler Foundation chair Clive Wolman said: "In the end, we and the JC Trust decided that our primary consideration had to be to preserve the editorial independence of the JC, particularly at a time when its journalists are playing such an important role in exposing anti-Semitism in British politics. In July 2019, Pollard said that the Jewish community wants "to see current Labour Party leadership removed from any significant role in public life."