John McDonnell has been urged to tell a hard-left group that it is part of the "problem" stopping Labour from tackling antisemitism when he speaks at its conference this weekend.
The shadow chancellor is honorary president of the Labour Representation Committee, which has branded accusations of Labour antisemitism "propaganda" from the "ruling class" and whose executive committee has released a 48-point statement ahead of its Saturday conference saying people are deliberately making false claims of Jew-hate to "weaponise the accusations of antisemitism against Labour".
The conference is also to debate motions put forward by Labour Against the Witchunt, which defends those accused of antisemitism, and the fringe group Jewish Voice For Labour, which seeks to downplay the scale of Jew-hate within the party.
In an open letter, the Jewish Labour Movement told him to tell the LRC "that by referring to antisemitism as smears, they are the problem". JLM urged him to resign from the body if he does not do this. Or resign from the LRC".
