The ally of Jeremy Corbyn who was revealed as having directed that a Labour member who posted an antisemitic image from a far-right website should not face immediate suspension because they judged it was "anti-Israel, not anti-Jewish" has been named as Thomas Gardiner.
In February, the JC revealed that, while there was no questioning of Mr Gardiner's professional behaviour, there was concern he had become a "cog in the wheel" of the Labour leadership's machine.
A former adviser to party chairman Ian Lavery, there was open concern among other staff members when Mr Gardiner was appointed head of Labour's governance and legal unit at the same time as Jennie Formby became general secretary.
There were fears among some staff that cases of alleged antisemitism were being dismissed before being properly considered by the party's National Constitutional Committee (NCC).
