Labour have suspended the chair of North Norfolk Labour Party (NNLP) over allegations of antisemitism after he shared online posts from a conspiracy theorist about the Rothschilds and Zionism and openly defended a council candidate who compared Israel to the Nazis.
Ray Mooney was informed in a letter on Tuesday of a pending investigation into his conduct over draft charges of “prejudicial and/or grossly detrimental conduct”.
He was informed he had engaged in behaviour which “may reasonably be seen to demonstrate hostility or prejudice based on race, religion or belief; may reasonably be seen to involve antisemitic actions, stereotypes and sentiments; [and] undermine the Party’s ability to campaign against racism”.
Mr Mooney has been the subject of complaints from Jewish groups after repeatedly using his Facebook account to circulate inflammatory comments including claims former Jewish MP Ruth Smeeth was ‘’funded by the Israel lobby’’ and that Israel was behind the antisemitism claims against Jeremy Corbyn.
