UK Labour Party Suspends Former Leader Corbyn Over Anti-Semitism Report Comments

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been suspended from the parliamentary Labour party and has had the whip removed.

Mr Corbyn had reacted to a damning report into antisemitism by saying complaints made during his tenure were “dramatically overstated“.

A party spokesman said:

“In light of his comments made today and his failure to retract them subsequently, the Labour Party has suspended Jeremy Corbyn pending investigation. He has also had the whip removed from the Parliamentary Labour Party.”

More problematic was the fact that the report found Corbyn’s office interfered in the report…

How Jeremy Corbyn’s office interfered in the complaints process “throughout” the period investigated not just March-April 2018 when they were sent all cases and this was “not legitimate” and is “indirectly discriminatory” pic.twitter.com/RrMrGSDl5E

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) October 29, 2020

Sky News reports that Corbyn gave a press conference in which he repeated his previous “overstated” comments and insisted “I’m not part of the problem”.