Jewish Labour/Co-op MPs left the ASLEF/Co-op party at #Lab18 because Marc Wadsworth was inside.
Luciana Berger left & Ruth Smeeth turned around at the door. The event was invite only.
Source says she asked Co-op staff to ask him to leave, but they didn’t as he was ASLEF’s guest
Luciana Berger left & Ruth Smeeth turned around at the door. The event was invite only.
Source says she asked Co-op staff to ask him to leave, but they didn’t as he was ASLEF’s guest
Source tells me Wadsworth was there with ASLEF boss and Labour NEC member Tosh McDonald.
Wadsworth was expelled from the party after he heckled Smeeth at the launch of an anti-semitism investigation.
He claims he did not know that she was Jewish, but he was expelled for bringing the party into disrepute.
He claims he did not know that she was Jewish, but he was expelled for bringing the party into disrepute.
My source said: “These are two Co-op MPs who could not go to the Co-op reception, because of Marc Wadsworth. Two Jewish Co-op MPs couldn’t stay.”
My source who is a Co-op member says: “I will be writing to Claire McCarthy [the party’s general secretary] in the morning.”
The Co-op Party has issued an apology:
