Senior GMB union official Neil Smith reportedly under investigation for retweeting suggestion that “Blairites weaponise antisemitism”

A senior official in the GMB union, Neil Smith, is reportedly under investigation for allegedly retweeting a tweet by a conspiracy theorist which claimed that the Rothschild banking and philanthropic family “own 80% of Israel” and asked: “Do Blairites weaponise antisemitism against Corbyn supporters?”

It has repeatedly been claimed by supporters of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn that allegations of antisemitism in the Labour Party have been trumped up or used by enemies of Mr Corbyn to undermine him.

Mr Smith is GMB’s regional political officer for the North West of England and Ireland.

Campaign Against Antisemitism has approached Mr Smith and GMB for their comments.