Labour's anti-Semitism scandal erupted into full-scale civil war last night after two of Jeremy Corbyn’s most senior hard-Left allies exchanged insults over the issue.
A party chief close to MP Chris Williamson, who was suspended by Labour this week for saying it was ‘too apologetic’ over anti-Semitism, admitted threatening to ‘do in’ the founder of Momentum, Mr Corbyn’s Left-wing power base.
Leaked emails seen by the Daily Mail show that Momentum’s Jon Lansman claimed Pete Willsman, a member of Labour’s ruling National Executive Committee, threatened to ‘do him in’ in a feud over anti-Semitism.
Leaked emails seen by the Daily Mail show that Momentum's Jon Lansman (above) claimed Pete Willsman, a member of Labour's ruling National Executive Committee, theatened to 'do him in' in a feud over anti-Semitism
In the messages Mr Lansman, who is Jewish, brands hard-Left rival Mr Willsman a ‘hateful, embarrassing dictator and crank’.
He says Mr Willsman ‘waited two hours outside a room in which I was engaging in a telephone conference to threaten me when I emerged, “I am going to do you in” ’. He says they were Mr Willsman’s ‘precise words’.
Mr Willsman avoided being thrown off the NEC in September after he was recorded saying that Jewish ‘Trump fanatics’ were ‘making up’ anti-Semitism allegations in Labour, comments condemned as ‘sickening’ by moderate Labour MPs.
He says Mr Willsman (above) ‘waited two hours outside a room in which I was engaging in a telephone conference to threaten me when I emerged, “I am going to do you in” ’. He says they were Mr Willsman’s ‘precise words’.
Mr Willsman was furious when Mr Lansman’s Momentum withdrew its support for him in NEC elections in September.
He survived after Mr Williamson came to his rescue, urged Labour
