John McDonnell went on the Today Programme this morning to try to cool down the Labour Party anti-Semitism row. Instead he has joined a line of Shadow Cabinet members getting in an embarrassing muddle over the issue.

“Let’s talk about how we tackle that now as a community as a whole and the Labour Party will play its full role in leading that anti-Semitism.”

Last month John McDonnell told the Today Programme:

“Let me put this message out to anyone. We are a party that is anti-racist and anti-Semitic.”

One Freudian slip is unfortunate, two is more like a confession. Or a taunt.