US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls Labour’s response to antisemitism a 'national disgrace'

Mr Pompeo said that the Trump administration would vigorously oppose antisemitism.

"The Trump administration opposes it unequivocally and we will fight it relentlessly. Anti-Zionism is antisemitism."

His comments come after ex-Labour MP Joan Ryan told the conference that Jeremy Corbyn’s party “sunk so low, so fast” thanks to antisemitism.

In a speech at the Aipac conference, Ms Ryan said she would “never have believed three years ago” how Labour had been “taken over by the far left” and was now “riddled with antisemitism”.

Saying she was a “proud Zionist”, the Labour Friends of Israel chair said subsequent threats she had been sent by pro-Corbyn supporters after she announced her decision to join the Independent Group of MPs last month would only “strengthen my resolve” and would not “stop me doing my job.”