Manchester – Tayyib Nawaz, the newly-elected Manchester Metropolitan
Co-Chair of Manchester Labour Students (MLS), has reportedly resigned
from his post after the uncovering of shocking antisemitic and homophobic
tweets by the The Mancunian, the student newspaper of the University of
Manchester. It appears that since the exposé, Nawaz has removed his Twitter
account.
The Mancunian reported that the tweets surfaced late last
week. According to the paper: “At an official MLS meeting on Monday night, a
motion calling for his resignation, brought by outgoing [MLS] Co-Chair Zak
Deakin, was unanimously backed by the committee. On Tuesday afternoon, Nawaz
chose to resign from the post.”
Deakin told The Mancunian before Nawaz’s resignation that
“I stood on a platform of tackling antisemitism and so I’m incredibly dismayed
and frustrated that I once again find myself having to make a statement in
regards to this blatant racism: I can only apologise to Jewish students who
have again had to be put through this.”
