On Saturday morning Labour confirmed that the former Scottish MP had been suspended from the party.
Comments on social media about Mr Sheridan’s comments included: “Try to get your head round this Jim Sheridan stuff- he no longer sympathises with the Jewish community for 3000 years of persecution & pogroms & the holocaust because he doesn't like them sticking up for themselves over antisemitism in the labour party.”
John Woodcock, a former Labour MP, now an Independent, tweeted: “When I was chair of @_LFI I wrote to many colleagues asking to discuss our work. Jim Sheridan was one of the very few who point-blank refused to meet.”
Renfrewshire North and West Labour Party said it “welcomed the suspension of Jim Sheridan from the Labour Party.
“The views expressed by Jim Sheridan in no way reflect the views of the members of the Labour Party in the… constituency.
“There is absolutely no place in the Labour Party for antisemitism. Antisemitism is an evil which must be called out and challenged, whenever and wherever it appears. It is imperative that our party – the Labour Party – is a welcoming home to all members, of all communities."
