London
– Ruth Smeeth was singled out by Marc Wadsworth, a member of the pro-Jeremy
Corbyn campaign group Momentum as the Labour leader looked on.
He
refused to give one to Ms Smeeth, the MP for Stoke-on-Trent, but she was passed
a copy by Daily Telegraph journalist Kate McCann.
The
antisemitism report was then launched by human rights campaigner Shami
Chakrabarti and Mr Corbyn.
Its
recommendations included: “Racial or religious tropes and stereotypes
about any group of people should have no place in our modern Labour
party.”
During a question-and-answer session afterwards, Mr Wadsworth said: “I welcome this report you’ve been very brave Shami in refusing to raise the temperature of the witch hunt that has been going on in this anti-Semitism debate.
“I saw that the Telegraph handed a copy of a press release to Ruth Smeeth MP so you can see who is working hand in hand.”
A shocked Ms Smeeth shouted “how dare you” before walking out of the event. She was later said to be “in floods of tears”.
