Last Friday it was revealed Labour had removed its endorsement from GLA candidate Preston Tabois, who Guido revealed had made a number of antisemitic social media comments including seemingly agreeing with a Holocaust conspiracy theory. Guido imagined Tabois’ candidacy sacking would be fairly uncontentious – how wrong he was…

On Saturday the official Momentum Twitter account posted that “Denying the Holocaust is abhorrent and must be called out, but…” It was swiftly deleted.

Incredibly, the hard left’s backing of Preston Tabois doesn’t end there. Guido’s now been passed a letter by Haringey Labour councillor Daniel Stone, who is trying to rally support for the now-former Labour London Assembly candidate. It claims the Labour NEC were undemocratic and removed “a black candidate with deep roots in the working class”, as well as attacking the “blatant double standards involved, when compared to the national Labour Party’s continued endorsement of the Parliamentary candidate for Hartlepool.”

A well-informed source has told Guido LOTO figures are now thinking of trying to use Momentum’s Holocaust Tweet as a springboard for getting them proscribed as a Labour party organisation; hoping to get the deed done before their party conference. If correct that should be a very fun battle to watch…

A Haringey Labour councillor has had the Labour party’s endorsement of his London Assembly candidacy formally removed by the NEC after a Guido exposé into antisemitic posts shared by the councillor on Facebook. LabourList reports that while Preston Tabois told the NEC he was “mortified” by the social media posts, the Labour regional director recently decided to remove him as a candidate. The decision being agreed to by a panel of three NEC members…

Guido first revealed Tabois’ posts last August, in which the candidate endorsed a conspiracy theory that Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust in a masterplan to create the state of Israel. While Preston Tabois’ deselection is good news, last Friday it was revealed that despite Sir Keir’s “zero tolerance” stance, Tabois’s suspension ended last week – allowing him to resume attending meetings. Swings and roundabouts…

Prominent Labour councillor and London Assembly candidate Preston Tabois has been suspended by the Labour Party over posts unearthed by Guido, showing the left-wing candidate endorsing a conspiracy theory that Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust in a masterplan to create the state of Israel. While he’s suspended he will be unable to run as a Labour candidate…

Facebook posts unearthed by Guido and put to Labour show the Haringey councillor having shared an article about a UKIP candidate claiming “Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust in masterplan to create State of Israel”, to which Tabois added “You’re not wrong brother P!”. 

Other posts from Preston’s Facebook account include the councillor defending conspiracy theories in a discussion about Zionism, saying they “can be used as an educational tool to understand and relate to how governments are run & financed”, as well as describing Tesco as a “Zionist” shop.

A Labour Party spokesperson told Guido:

“The Labour Party takes all complaints of antisemitism extremely seriously and they are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures, and any appropriate disciplinary action is taken.”

Though the party is not officially confirming either way, Guido understands Tabois has been administratively suspended from the Labour party pending an investigation. Starmer’s record on responding to antisemitism remains a lot shinier than his predecessor’s – it really wasn’t that difficult to get to grips with…