Labour Friends Of Israel have decided to pull their promotional stand from Labour’s annual conference Brighton over fears about the safety of staff.
The organisation, chaired by Dame Louise Ellman, took the decision to abandon having a stall at the Brighton Hilton venue on Tuesday after concern grew about the increasingly toxic comments directed towards them on social media and political forums.
Official stands at Labour Conference cost more than£2,000 but it is understood that LFI decided to cancel the booking because they felt it was unfair to put young staff, who volunteer, through the five-day event, which starts on Saturday, in front of an increasingly hostile gathering of people.
LFI will still host the annual evening reception at Conference on Tuesday evening – with Labour deputy leader Tom Watson, Dame Louise and Israeli ambassador to the UK Mark Regev set to speak.
