Corbyn's suspension is an ‘attack on the left’ that undermines Labour's response to anti-semitism
The former Labour leader says he will strongly ‘contest the political intervention to suspend me’ and to ‘continue to support a zero-tolerance policy towards all forms of racism’
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaking at a rally in Glasgow in June 2017
THE shocking suspension of Jeremy Corbyn by Labour’s leadership is a “massive attack on the left” that undermines the party’s response to anti-semitism, socialists warned today.
Left-wing voices rallied around the former Labour leader with the party’s Socialist Campaign Group vowing to fight tirelessly for his reinstatement.
Mr Corbyn was suspended pending investigation of his comments after the release of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) report into allegations of anti-semitism in the party.
More from this author
In an exclusive investigation, BETHANY RIELLY looks at how the state targeted leading politicians and campaigning groups — labelling many well-known figures 'extremists' and 'subversives' for attempting to hold the police to account
On September 4, 16 Eritrean asylum-seekers were arrested at a protest against their country’s dictatorship and its supporters here. Since then, questions have been raised about whether the British authorities are doing enough to protect activists and asylum-seekers from the ‘long arm’ of the regime in Asmara
