UK opposition Labour Party suspends former leader Jeremy Corbyn after ‘day of shame’ over anti-Semitism
- The shock development came after Corbyn said he refused to accept all the findings of a report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission
- The EHRC found damning evidence of Corbyn’s leadership team underplaying, belittling or ignoring complaints by Jewish members
The shock development came after Corbyn said he refused to accept all the findings of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report, in defiance of the party’s new leadership under Keir Starmer.
“In the light of his comments made today and his failure to retract them subsequently, the Labour Party has suspended Jeremy Corbyn pending investigation,” a spokesman said.
He said that Corbyn, who has continued to sit as a member of parliament after stepping down as leader, will also no longer count in the ranks of Labour MPs.
I found this report hard to read and it is a day of shame for the Labour Party
The EHRC found damning instances where Corbyn’s leadership team underplayed, belittled or ignored complaints by Jewish members, and sometimes actively interfered to support favoured allies, after a deluge of anti-Semitic abuse online and in party meetings.
