UK lawmaker suspended by Labour admits to spreading ‘Jews drink blood’ libel

A British lawmaker suspended for sharing a post on Facebook that said it is a Jewish ritual to drink blood admitted to publishing the articles after initially denying it.

Damien Enticott, a councilor in Bognor Regis, a town on England’s southern coast, told the Jewish Chronicle last week that he had not published the post. Enticott said he lives in a shared house and has a computer that does not have passwords, suggesting that someone else made the post in his name.

But on Monday, Enticott in a new post acknowledged that the posts were his, the UK Jewish News reported.

“I do accept that I posted all the articles in question and that I was confused as to what the papers were asking me about on the phone as I was in the middle of shopping,” according to the post.

Enticott said the post headlined “Jewish Ritual – They drink blood and suck baby’s [sic] d***,” referred to a rite practiced by some ultra-Orthodox during a bris, or ritual circumcision. He also said that he published a post saying “Hitler would have the solution to the Israeli problem” due to “frustration at seeing unarmed civilians being shot by Israeli soldiers.”

Ladies and Gentleman.
A Labour Councillor in 2018.
But yeah. All just a smear. pic.twitter.com/4ixVLHuVQn

— Adam Langleben (@adamlangleben) July 27, 2018

“I am anti-Zionist, not anti semantic (sic),” he also wrote.

Enticott said that he believes the Labour Party will “do the right thing” and reinstate him, and added that he would refuse to attend any courses if required. He said if he is expelled from Labour, he will remain in his councilor position as an independent.

He also wrote in his post: “Lastly, I will continue to express myself freely for my electorates and my apologies will only be to the people of Hatherleigh Ward if requested. It is only the residents of Hatherleigh Ward that I truly represent as a councilor and who I am accountable to.”