Abbott was suspended from her position as a Labour MP after suggesting in a letter to the Observer newspaper that Jewish, Irish, and Traveller people were not subject to racism “all their lives”.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer swiftly condemned the letter and suspended Abbott, demonstrating the party’s commitment to zero tolerance of antisemitism. Starmer also acknowledged the need for Labour to root out antisemitism within the party, particularly in light of the party being investigated by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and found to have acted unlawfully under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.
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