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Liverpool Labour councillor previously cleared over antisemitism charges suspended by the party

Sam Gorst branded Dame Louise Ellman a ‘disgrace’ and Luciana Berger a ‘hideous traitor’

August 21, 2020 09:27
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A Liverpool Labour councillor with a track-record of posting insults directed at former Merseyside MPs Luciana Berger and Dame Louise Ellman and of defending hard-left figures accused of antisemitism has been suspended from the party.

Sam Gorst, who won the Cressington ward seat on Liverpool City Council at last year’s elections, has been informed of his sanction, which leaves him suspended for the party for 12 months.

In recent days Cllr Gorst  messaged contacts on social media  informing them he would no longer be using his personal Facebook or Twitter accounts – but that he was contactable on his “political profile page on Facebook”.

He was previously cleared of antisemitism allegations last summer under former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and later claimed he was the victim of  a “smear campaign.”