Labour Against Antisemitism (LAAS) has accused Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle of “maliciously dismissing anti-Semitism as a smear” in a formal complaint sent to Keir Starmer, after Russell-Moyle apologised to former party members who he claimed had been “purged or set up with false allegations” relating to antisemitism. This comes just days after Guido heard that the Labour Whips’ Office is “giving serious consideration” to withdrawing the whip from Moyle for the same reason…
Since then, Russell-Moyle has doubled down on his claims, tweeting:
“…there are anti-Semites that have rightly been expelled from party… [others] have been threatened with expulsion or investigation for no reason.”
“Amongst other things, Mr Russell-Moyle has repeatedly promoted anti-Jewish racists and appeared to express conspiracy theory that antisemitism in the Labour Party was fabricated. Elected officials using their platforms in this way should have no place in mainstream political party, and allowing it to continue may also go agains EHRC law.”
Pressure starting to ramp up on Starmer to take action…
Guido hears whispers that the Labour Whips’ Office is “giving serious consideration” to withdrawing the whip from backbench socialist Lloyd Russell-Moyle, who made headlines during Labour Conference for apologising to former party members who had – he claimed – been “purged or set up with false allegations” related to antisemitism under Starmer’s leadership. A claim which, as Guido can attest, attracted plenty of applause from all the baying Corbynites in attendance…
Russell-Moyle, who made the claim in frenzied speech to his comrades at the Socialist Campaign Group rally in Brighton, insisted that he will “endeavour to do better” for those who’ve been kicked out, and claimed Sir Keir was “not a politician for the Labour Party” – nodding along as the furious crowd chanted “Keith! Keith! Keith!” at the top of their lungs. If Starmer is serious about detaching Labour from the hard-left, his outriders think Russell-Moyle’s now ripe for the picking…
