A Labour candidate described the party’s anti-Semitism problem as “racism smears” that were “politically motivated”.
Mark McDonald, candidate for Stoke on Trent South, claimed that the scandal was the result of an “unholy alliance” between the Conservative party and a “small group” of Labour MPs.
Writing in the Tribune in 2016, he said “it is not surprising that they found one or two anti-Semitic bad eggs” but added that “to say that the Labour Party has a problem with anti-Semitism is simply not true”.
While Labour's Paul Farmer, who secured the candidacy for Camborne and Redruth, praised socialist Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez as “the most elected leader in the world”. DT.
