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Corbyn tip for peerage signed letter defending Labour activists suspended over antisemitism allegations

Martha Osamor put her name to the document which backed Ken Livingstone, Jackie Walker and others accused of Jew-hate

May 18, 2018 15:24
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A Labour activist said to be one of Jeremy Corbyn’s nominees for a peerage was a signatory to a letter defending Labour Party members who had been suspended for comments about Jews, Zionism and the Holocaust.

Martha Osamor, a long-time community activist and Labour member, is the mother of Kate Osamor, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for International Development.

As reported by the Guido Fawkes political blog, in June 2016, Martha Osamor signed a letter backing a number of suspended Labour members.

These included Ken Livingstone, who had been suspended from the party after saying Hitler “had been supporting Zionism… before he went mad”.

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