Birkenhead Labour Party members have overwhelmingly backed a motion calling for suspended MP Chris Williamson to be “immediately” reinstated “in line with the High Court judgement.”
At this month’s meeting of the Constituency Labour Party - which once made false claims about links between the Israeli government and Isis – only a handful of members voiced opposition to the motion among 50 people in attendance.
In further discussion, one local member also suggested that Dame Louise Ellman, who represented the neighbouring Liverpool Riverside seat before she quit the party this month, was a member of a “Zionist organisation” – clearly a reference to her involvement with Labour Friends of Israel.
A source told the JC: "There were around 50 people at the CLP meeting and only around six voted against the Chris Williamson motion.”
