(Jewish Group) Labour NEC member dodges formal investigation for inflammatory antisemitism remarks
(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)
A member of Labour's ruling body has escaped formal investigation for inflammatory remarks about the Jewish community's claims of antisemitism - by writing an apology.
Peter Willsman was the subject of at least two formal complaints, including one from the Jewish Labour Movement (JLM), after he told a national executive committee (NEC) meeting last week: "In 50 years I have never seen any antisemitism in the Labour Party. I met an Auschwitz survivor who said the same.
Mr Willsman also told the same meeting: "Some of the people in the Jewish community are Trump fanatics Ill take no lectures from them."
He added: "What the rabbis have said about antisemitism in the Labour Party is simply false."
The veteran left-wing ally of Jeremy Corbyn also asked everyone at the meeting - which voted to adopt to party's new code on Jew-hate instead of the internationally recognised definition - to raise their hand if they had witnessed anti-Jewish conduct.
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