Labour activist Scott Nelson has been expelled by the Labour Party over a series of antisemitic tweets.
Nelson, who describes himself as a supporter of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, sometimes tweets to his more than 21,000 Twitter followers about Middle East politics, and it was his tweets on this subject which led to his expulsion from the Labour Party.
Nelson said: “Having thought about this matter, I accept that I used clumsy and inappropriate wording concerning the Jewish heritage of Tesco and M&S by mentioning Jewish blood and my comments about Blairites being purged for disloyalty to Jeremy Corbyn.”
Nelson had tweeted about Tesco and Marks & Spencer, saying: “They have Jewish blood” as early as October 2014, but it appears to have been his comments this month about “appalling conditions working for Jewish companies” that caused the Labour Party to expel him.
The Labour Party has yet to take any action against Sir Gerald Kaufman MP, whose speech to MPs including the Shadow Minister for Justice was far worse than anything Nelson has said.
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Workers abroad being exploited for 50p a day by Jewish companies – but you'd rather condemn a tweet @rhys_ukipni @ThomasEvansUKIP
— Socialist Voice (@SocialistVoice) December 17, 2015
The appalling treatment of workers for Jewish companies based abroad and borderline human rights abuses @Haniya1995 @AriOfMancunia
— Socialist Voice (@SocialistVoice) December 17, 2015
Deaths of workers abroad caused by appalling conditions working for Jewish companies @AriOfMancunia @LiberalIsland @Haniya1995
— Socialist Voice (@SocialistVoice) December 17, 2015
So condemning Jewish companies for poor treatment of workers and barbaric war crimes makes me an antisemite? @garveyboy @AriOfMancunia
— Socialist Voice (@SocialistVoice) December 18, 2015
.@robfordmancs @JimmyRushmore @UKLabour the tweets are unacceptable and he has already been removed from the Party
— Tory Cost of Chaos (@labourpress) December 18, 2015
Source: Your Thurrock
