The 'sting' of tonight's @afneil interview with Corbyn was based on an apparent falsehood. Neil claimed Lesley Perrin got off with a 'formal warning' for sharing Holocaust-denying material. In fact she resigned her membership as soon as the party opened investigation 1/
@afneil Neil: "let me give you the case of Lesley Perrin...She posted a video denying the Holocaust and questioned whether the six million figure was accurate. And what did the Labour Party do? It gave her a written warning. No expulsion, no zero tolerance, just a written warning." 2/
@afneil According to this apparent Facebook post, she resigned her membership as soon as she received notification of investigation by the party pbs.twimg.com/media/D2bNscOW…
@afneil I am posting this with caveat that I have not done thorough research and have not verified EITHER the facebook post OR whether or not she had received any formal warning from Labour in relation to previous complaint...
@afneil But if verified, it appears to suggest that Neil's line of questioning was based on a fallacy in which case the BBC should issue an IMMEDIATE APOLOGY.
@afneil I am nevertheless prepared to be corrected on this if other evidence comes to light or if the BBC can confirm the validity of their source. I am raising it now because of the acute prescience of the issue at this stage of election campaign
