Lord Mann, an independent peer who advises the government on antisemitism, has said political leaders need to “train up” parliamentary candidates on how antisemitism manifests in the UK.
He says: “My advice to the Labour Party, what I think they should do immediately, is get all their candidates trained up on antisemitism… and explain in more detail what it is, how it manifests, the conspiracy theories.
“Because the number of people falling for conspiracy theories – which was Councillor Ali’s excuse – it’s happening all over the place.
“These things are really taking hold.
“The people coming into parliament, or who aspire to come into parliament, are going to need better judgement than Councillor Ali.”
The former Labour MP says this goes for every political party.
Lord Mann goes on to say he hopes Sir Keir will deal “brutally” with any historic cases of antisemitism that emerge in his party.
“He has to demonstrate his leadership” and “get rid of these people”, he says.
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