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Thursday, October 29, 2020
Corbyn vows to fight UK Labour’s decision to suspend him
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFormer UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he’ll contest the opposition party’s decision to suspend him, calling the move a “political intervention.”
The decision to suspend Corbyn comes after the release of a report faulting Labour for anti-Semitic discrimination in its ranks. Responding to the report, Corbyn claimed the extent of anti-Semitism in the party was exaggerated for political reasons.
“I’ve made absolutely clear that those who deny there has been an antisemitism problem in the Labour Party are wrong,” he says in a statement on Facebook. “It’s also undeniable that a false impression has been created of the number of members accused of antisemitism, as polling shows: that is what has been overstated, not the seriousness of the problem.”
I will strongly contest the political intervention to suspend me. I’ve made absolutely clear that those who deny there…
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