The author of a report warning of ‘intensifying’ antisemitism in Britain has said he is ‘not surprised’ at the Manchester terror attack after similar incidents across Europe.

A ‘troubling’ picture of hate and hostility towards Jews was due to be published on Monday — before being released early after news of the atrocity broke yesterday.

Dr Jonathan Boyd found that more than a third of Jews in the UK surveyed feel unsafe, up from just 9% in May 2023, with 47% saying antisemitism is a ‘very big’ problem.

This research, intended to mark two years since the start of the October 7 war between Israel and Hamas, also found that many avoided places and conversations due to different types of hostility.

The pattern of hatred was underscored in horrific form with the attack on the Heaton Park H

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