Thread by @TimesCorbyn

EXCLUSIVE:

In 1986, Dianne Abbott was a leading member of a group 'Labour Black Sections' which campaigned to allow notorious antisemitic hate preacher Louis Farrakhan (leader of the Nation of Islam) INTO Britain. 1/6

#LabourRacism #GE19

Ms Abbott & co could not claim that they did not know about Farrakhan's racism:

In 1984 he called Judaism "a gutter religion"

and said 'that the nations which helped create Israel and now support Israel were criminals in the sight of Almighty God." [2 Jun 1985 p.7] 2/6

'Black radical taunts US Jews with 'God's ovens' gibe'

'He played on the Jewish Holocaust cry of "never again", saying "You can't say never again to God because when he puts you in the oven "never again" don't mean a damn thing.' [Times 10 Oct 1985 p.7] 3/6

A number of articles (84-87) to confirm Lady Di's activity with Labour Black sections (it was not affiliated to the Labour Party), as well as other members like washing machine Jim Vaz. 4/6

It should come as no surprise that Marc Wadsworth (you know him, the man who abused Ruth Smeeth at the antisemitism whitewash launch) was also a leading member of Labour Black sections. 5/6

Thankfully the Home Sec. barred the racist Farrakhan.

"It would have been intolerable for the Jewish community to have such an outspoken anti-Semite coming here and stirring up trouble." [Times 17 Jan 1986]

It's obscene that the current shadow Home Sec wanted the opposite. 6/6