Andrew Percy MP brands George Galloway a racist and a Jew-baiter over his comments on Sky News

Conservative MP Andrew Percy has spoken out in a House of Commons debate to brand former MP George Galloway a racist and a Jew-baiter over comments he made on Sky News.

In an interview with Sky News earlier today, Mr Galloway said that the Labour Party’s antisemitism crisis was part of a “Black Op” and that the media were telling a “Goebbellian lie” by reporting on it, referring to Josef Goebbels, the infamous Nazi propagandist. Presenter Niall Patterson swiftly responded: “We just mentioned Luciana Berger. Do you think it’s entirely appropriate to talk about Goebellian propaganda where we’ve got a Jewish Labour MP leaving because of antisemitism?” However Mr Galloway stood by his comment, retorting: “I don’t believe she’s leaving because of antisemitism. I believe you want people to believe that, and the Goebbels is you, and The Times and the other organs that are pumping out this foul slander against the Labour Party and knowing that it’s untrue.”

Following Mr Percy’s comments in the House of Commons, Labour MP Jess Phillips sought his permission to interrupt, saying that Mr Galloway was an antisemite and that she would “never be in the same party as him”.

Mr Galloway, who blocked Campaign Against Antisemitism on Twitter after we highlighted an antisemitic tweet he had shared, has said that he is applying to rejoin the Labour Party after being expelled in 2003, but the Party told the Jewish News that it had received no such application.