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Labour NEC member dodges formal investigation for inflammatory antisemitism remarks

Exclusive: The Jewish Labour Movement is understood to be 'infuriated'

July 27, 2018 15:18
Jennie Formby with Jeremy Corbyn
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A member of Labour's ruling body has escaped formal investigation for inflammatory remarks about the Jewish community's claims of antisemitism - by writing an apology.

Peter Willsman was the subject of at least two formal complaints, including one from the Jewish Labour Movement (JLM), after he told a national executive committee (NEC) meeting last week: "In 50 years I have never seen any antisemitism in the Labour Party. I met an Auschwitz survivor who said the same.”

Mr Willsman also told the same meeting: "Some of the people in the Jewish community are Trump fanatics – I’ll take no lectures from them."

He added: "What the rabbis have said about antisemitism in the Labour Party is simply false."

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