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Former shadow home secretary faces calls to resign over ‘appalling’ remarks as Labour figures insist there can be no ‘hierarchy of racism’

Jewish people have grown used to antisemitism disguised as anti-Israel sentiment, writes Vanessa Feltz.

Oxford MP Anneliese Dodds has “condemned” Diane Abbott’s comments after Sir Keir Starmer described the comments as “anti-Semitic”.

MP unlikely to have Labour whip restored before end of internal party investigation into comments about racism, say insiders

Diane Abbott apologised for any ‘anguish’ caused, suggesting ‘errors arose’ in her initial draft letter to The Observer newspaper

LABOUR has withdrawn the party whip from Diane Abbott after she suggested Irish, Jewish and Traveller people cannot suffer lifelong racism.

The former shadow home secretary has been suspended as a Labour MP by the partys chief whip while an investigation is carried out.

Abbott made the remarks in a letter published in the Observer.

Diane Abbott has had the Labour whip suspended after she suggested Jewish, Irish and Traveller people are not subject to racism “all their…

The MP apologised for any ‘anguish’ caused, suggesting ‘errors arose’ in her initial draft letter to The Observer newspaper.