Nigel Farage claimed anti-Israel sentiment is “deep rooted” in the Labour Party as Sir Keir Starmer faces a deepening anti-Semitism crisis.
Mr Farage, the former leader of the Brexit Party, said he believed Sir Keir had “actually tried” to grip the issue.
But he told GB News: “I just think this stuff is so deep rooted within the Labour Party.”
He made the comments after Sir Keir was forced to take action against a second parliamentary candidate in 24 hours.
The Labour leader suspended Graham Jones, who was due to stand in Hyndburn, where he was MP until 2019, after it emerged that he referred to “f—ing Israel” at a public meeting and said that British volunteers in the Israel Defense Forces should be “locked up”.
That suspension came after Sir Keir withdrew support for Azhar Ali, Labour’s candidate at the Rochdale by-election, following a backlash after he claimed Israel had allowed the Oct 7 Hamas attack to take place as a pretext to invade Gaza.
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