LABOUR has been dragged into a fresh anti-semitism row after a mayoral candidate was suspended over vile Facebook posts.
Messages posted on Sean McCallum’s account Nazism and Zionism are both “equally foul” when defending comments made by Ken Livingstone that got him suspended in 2016.
He also said he “can’t see anything even vaguely anti-Semitic” about a post from Naz Shah backing calls for Israelis to be relocated to America, Guido Fawkes reports.
She herself apologised for her remarks and said the comments were anti-Semitic.
It was defending Ms Shah that landed Mr Livingstone in trouble after claiming Hitler supported Zionism.
Mayor of Mansfield candidate McCallum had only been selected on Wednesday night but Labour confirmed today he had been suspended pending an investigation.
Their first candidate, Paul Bradshaw, quit in January after being forced out by the hard left of the party.
Ex-squaddie McCallum served in Iraq in 2003 and now works as a specialist for treating PTSD.
A Labour Party spokesperson said: “The Labour Party takes all complaints of antisemitism extremely seriously and we are committed to challenging and campaigning against it in all its forms.
“All complaints about antisemitism are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures and any appropriate disciplinary action is taken.”
Labour has been embroiled in an anti-Semitism row with Scotland Yard launching a criminal investigation into alleged hate crimes.
The party has come under fire over its handling of disciplinary action against members accused of making anti-Semitic remarks.
Last month, the party was thrown into crisis by the resignation of seven MPs who said Labour is “now racist and anti-Semitic”.
