Jeremy Corbyn has not called for Christine Shawcroft to resign from Labour’s national executive committee NEIL HALL/EPAThirty-nine Labour MPs and peers have declared that Jeremy Corbyn’s response to antisemitism complaints is unsatisfactory in the party’s biggest rupture since the general election. Three members of the party’s front bench are among those who are angry that the Labour leader’s team is shielding his ally Christine Shawcroft from calls to resign from the ruling national executive committee (NEC). Yesterday, The Times revealed a leaked email showing Ms Shawcroft had defended a council candidate, Alan Bull, who was suspended for posting an article calling the Holocaust a hoax. Her reason was that he had a chance of winning a seat in the May elections and the complaint was a “partisan dispute”. Mike Kane, a shadow schools minister, Jonathan Reynolds, shadow Treasury minister, and Lord…

Source: The Times March 29, 2018 22:52 UTC