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Labour launches new probe into claims of antisemitism at Oxford student club

February 28, 2016 09:19
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BySandy Rashty, Sandy Rashty

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A Labour peer has been appointed to lead a fresh investigation into allegations of antisemitism at Oxford University’s Labour Club.

Baroness Janet Royall, Labour’s former leader of the House of Lords, was appointed on Friday to head a fresh investigation amid allegations of Jew-hate at the top university.

Last week, student Alex Chalmers, who is not Jewish, resigned as co-chair of the Club after he claimed his colleagues “have some kind of problem with Jews”.

Mr Chalmers said he was leaving the "poisonous" OULC after it endorsed Israel Apartheid Week.