Jewish students at the University of Nottingham have called for a speaking invitation to Chris Williamson, the controversial MP for Derby North, to be withdrawn, citing the politician’s “history of Jew baiting.”
The university’s Centre for British Politics has invited Mr Williamson to speak on October 11, as part of a lecture series on “British Politics in Crisis”.
The MP, who is described in the centre’s programme as a “Corbyn cheer-leader” and “Labour MP for Derby North”, was in fact suspended from the party in February after video footage emerged of him telling a Sheffield Momentum meeting that Labour had been “too apologetic” regarding internal antisemitism.
In a joint statement from the Union of Jewish Students and the Nottingham Jewish Society, both organisations said they were “surprised by the wholly unacceptable decision.
