Thread by @OwenJones84

Labour's reinstatement of Trevor Phillips makes a mockery of the EHRC report, smacks of political interference in Labour's complaints system, and shows renewed contempt from the Labour party towards British Muslims.

https://twitter.com/LabourMuslims/status/1412330971756744704

Trevor Phillips' suspension - before his case was heard by a Labour NEC panel - was lifted without due process, which is a breach of the party's agreed guidance.

The only exception to this rule is mistaken identity, which clearly does not apply in the case of Trevor Phillips.

Any decision to waive this rule would be taken by the Investigations Officer, who happens to be the only Muslim staff member in Labour's Governance and Legal Unit, which handles complaints.

But the Investigations Officer was entirely excluded from the process.

This decision has clearly been made either by Keir Starmer's leadership team, or by the general secretary, David Evans.

It represents direct political interference in the complaints system, leaving the party in breach of the EHRC report.

The suspicion is that the Labour party made this politically driven decision when they found out that Trevor Phillips was taking over from Sophy Ridge as presenter of Sky News's flagship Sunday politics programme.

This comes after a Labour official briefed the Mail on Sunday - which one study found was the most Islamophobic newspaper in Britain - and another boasted that they're displacing Muslim voters in favour of Tory voters

https://twitter.com/EleniCourea/status/1410882523693977606

There are over 3 million UK Muslims, 86% of whom voted Labour in the last election.

Labour has clearly decided it can achieve victory by showing contempt towards them - and they also probably calculate they can get away with it because Islamophobia is pervasive in the UK media.