Labour policy decision-maker George McManus suspended following antisemitic Facebook comment

George McManus, who sits on the Labour Party’s National Policy Forum as its first chair, has been suspended from his Party role after posting a Facebook comment about Tom Watson likening him to “Judas” for accepting donations from Jewish businessman Sir Trevor Chinn. McManus wrote: “Apparently [the] Electoral Commission states that Watson received £50,000+ from […]
Jeremy Corbyn reportedly applauded antisemitic poetry at Palestine Solidarity Campaign meeting

Jeremy Corbyn applauded the reading of an antisemitic poem during a meeting of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign in 2012 at which he was a guest speaker, according to a report from 2012 that has now come to light. Anti-racism activist Richard Millett wrote in 2012 that Mr Corbyn sat on stage and listened while an anti-Israel activist, Claire […]