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JLM calls for Jeremy Corbyn ally Chris Williamson to be suspended from Labour

MP has shown 'no contrition or attempt to educate himself' about antisemitism, JLM says

August 2, 2018 12:55
Chris Williamson
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The Jewish Labour movement has called for Chris Williamson, one of Jeremy Corbyn's biggest supporters in parliament, to be suspended from the party after he defended Labour activists who use language "perceived as antisemitic."

Speaking on Tuesday at a packed meeting of Momentum supporters in Liverpool, attended by the JC, Mr Williamson, the Derby North MP, did nothing to challenge a left-wing Labour member who used a hard-core antisemitic trope to defend Peter Willsman - the disgraced member of the party's National Executive Committee exposed on Monday by the JC.

Instead, to loud applause, Mr Williamson urged the audience to be "brave" in the face of "sinister" action taken against such "activists in the Labour Party."

Mr Williamson said: “I don't believe they are antisemites."