THE NEWSPAPER that “exposed” Chris Williamson MP for stating that Labour had been “too apologetic” over anti-semitism allegations published a column just days earlier written by a disgraced Tory politician who once called an Israeli soldier a “bloody Jew.”

The Yorkshire Post regularly publishes posts by Patrick Mercer, who resigned from Parliament five years ago after the Commons sleaze watchdog found he had used “racially offensive language” and accepted cash for questions.

Despite his scandal-ridden background, the Post has published over a dozen columns by Mr Mercer in the last 12 months.