Speaking
before being suspended, Corbyn rejected some of the report's findings and
claimed the issue had been 'dramatically overstated for political reasons' by
his critics. Corbyn has since issued a new statement on Facebook to say that he
will 'strongly contest the political intervention' to suspend him.
46m ago
16:22
Keir Starmer says he 'fully supports' move to suspend
Jeremy Corbyn
The Labour
leader, Keir Starmer, has been speaking again to the media, saying that he
fully supports Jeremy Corbyn’s suspension.
“I made it
clear that we would not support antisemitism or the denial of antisemitism
through the suggestion that it is exaggerated or factional and that is why I
was disappointed by Jeremy Corbyn’s response and that is why appropriate action
has been taken, which I fully support,” he said in a broadcast interview.
It was
important that he did not interfere in any investigation which Labour had
undertaken, he added, but it would “look into” the statement made this morning
by his predecessor.
8m ago
17:00
Jeremy Corbyn urges Labour supporters to "stay in
the party" and fight
Jeremy
Corbyn has urged his Labour supporters to “stay in the party” to fight for
left-wing principles following the decision to suspend him.
In a
broadcast interview in Islington following the removal of the party whip in the
wake of his reaction to today’s EHRC report, the former Labour leader called
for calm and for members to “make the case” for left-wing values internally.
“Quite
clearly the decision was made in a very quick way and I would just say, hang on
a minute, let’s all keep a bit calm, let’s think again about this whole issue,”
he said.
“Our party
comes together to fight racism and injustice but we also come together to bring
about economic justice for the people of this country.”
“That is
what unites our movement and our party and that is what I appeal to members to
focus on. Don’t go away, don’t leave the party. Stay in the party and argue the
case for economic and social justice in our society.”
During the
interview, the MP refused to retract his earlier statements, saying the “public
perception” about how many members were under investigation for anti-Semitism
was “very different” to the reality.
But he
added: “I’ve explained what I said, I’ve explained what I meant by it. I’m not
diminishing or minimising the issue of anti-Semitism.
“It is
serious, it is real, it does exist. I’ve explained what the statement was
designed to say, simply the size of the issue. But one anti-Semite is one too
many and I’ve made that clear to everyone in the party.”
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