Former senior Labour figure Pete Willsman, who was suspended from the party in May after being recorded claiming its antisemitism crisis was manufactured by Israel, has sparked outrage over a tweet linked to coronavirus which mentions ex-Labour MP Ian Austin.
Mr Willsman tweeted: “Virus or no virus; nasty, foul, treacherous pieces of work like Ian Austin and Co. should have been in self isolation/lock down many years ago.”
Mr Austin stood down from politics in November, urging voters to back Boris Johnson at the general election to stop “extremist” Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn from coming to power.
He responded to the tweet: “And to think Labour members elected this nasty piece of work to the NEC.”
