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(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 – I’ll 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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