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Corbyn and McDonnell accused of 'breaching own guidance on antisemitism' with Holocaust Memorial Day motion

Exclusive: They backed a 2011 motion urging it to be rebranded 'Genocide Memorial Day' - but party educational pamphlet on Jew-hate says minimising the Shoah is 'profoundly antisemitic'

July 22, 2019 15:51
Jeremy Corbyn (left) and John McDonnell at Labour's 2018 conference
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Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell both backed a bid to rename Holocaust Memorial Day "Genocide Memorial Day" - something the educational pamphlet they have just issued on anti-Jewish racism warns is "profoundly antisemitic".

On Sunday, Labour staged a high-profle launch of No Place For Antisemitism - a series of guidelines released on the party's own website and through a widely distributed leaflet.

Outling the tropes of antisemitism, it says: "The Holocaust's unique horror must never be minimised; Holocauast denial and revisionism are profoundly antisemitic."

But the JC can reveal that in 2011 an initiative entitled Never Again For Anyone was tabled in the House of Commons with Shadow Chancellor Mr McDonnell as its primary sponsor.