JLM vice-chair vows not to be intimidated out of Labour after receiving message from Canary writer

Mr Savary, who spoke on the programme about his personal experience of antisemitism in Labour, told the JC that Mr Wright “doesn’t care” about the points he had raised because “he just wanted to say that all of us were politically motivated” and that “the BBC is working with us to get rid of Jeremy Corbyn.”

In the BBC Panorama documentary, he spoke about a threatening video that called him a “f**king Jew”, which a Labour member posted online.

Mr Savary stated he would not resign from Labour, saying when he had stood for election to JLM he had said that no one “would push me out of the party.”

James Wright's message to Stephane Savary

Mr Savary said Mr Wright's message implied he was “some sort of Israeli agent” or had been in politics for “many, many years” and this “should have been said by the BBC”.

“The problem is we’re not the right kind of Jews for them,” Mr Savary remarked. “We are the ones that basically talk about racism in the party.

“We are not the ones to go to support Jeremy Corbyn and forget about everything else. And that is the reason why they target us.”

He said he had considered resigning "a few times", but that he felt he could not represent JLM without being part of Labour.

The Canary is regulated by Impress, which in its Standards Code states that publishers “must ensure that journalists do not engage in intimidation.”

Mr Wright has been approached for comment.

Izzy Lenga, JLM International Officer who also appeared on the BBC documentary, took issue with Mr Wright's article, tweeting that not even her bin deserved "this level of trash".

My bin doesn’t even deserve this level of trash 🚮 pic.twitter.com/CXie92zkYz

— Izzy Lenga (@izzyjengalenga) August 12, 2019