Fiona Sharpe, spokesman for Labour Against Antisemitism, said:
“The further evidence of Lloyd Russell-Moyle’s problematic views,
described in the Sunday Times, presents Labour leader with no other option than to
sack the Brighton Kemptown MP from his frontbench.
While the two seemingly antisemitic social media posts reported
today are grounds for dismissal, the revelation that Mr
Russell-Moyle also personally intervened to help the now-expelled
Labour activist Becky Massey evade punishment for her own
promotion of antisemitic views makes his position even more
untenable. The support of Ms Massey follows Mr Russell-Moyle’s
reported defences of the disgraced former Labour MP and another local Brighton
activist, Mel Melvin, who was expelled from Labour after claiming
the BBC had faked footage of a Syrian gas attack at the behest of
the “Israeli lobby”.
Despite the apology offered by Mr Russell-Moyle today, the
recurrence of these incidents (along with others) suggests both
an apparently concerning pattern of behaviour and a seeming lack
of contrition that is simply unacceptable. Having shown
leadership in sacking last month, must once again prove that he
is committed to a consistent and effective zero tolerance policy
on antisemitism.”
END
Links:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/first-jk-rowling-now-israel-labour-frontbencher-forced-to-apologise-for-second-time-in-a-month-zvhp9p73j
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/15401660.labour-mp-slammed-in-anti-semitism-row/
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour-split-scabs-will-regret-it-says-corbyn-ally-lloyd-russell-moyle_uk_5c6dc41be4b0f40774cba687?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACpz3CfNTa7Scs8snOBvzcawzwmNfNfEREYmu1UzJt7lg1Hqgr3LSE_JE3q_f19R2nVigyhGsDUFFYizxHfB2cV3StSEHotvs2pgU4TX4_wP8CVz-ggZeW2OPZTb4Alxb4OlOJ5Pm1D3VRztHnMLRDGjn6IQM3NQCTlh3AgYnCyB
https://labouragainstas.org.uk/news-and-comment/sir-keir-starmer%E2%80%99s-front-bench-picks/
