Ten emails that sealed the fate of Becky Massey — all within hours of Sir Keir Starmer meeting the Jewish Labour Movement

There are countless individual examples of how the level of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party has been dramatically overstated because of false allegations — erroneous, imagined, or fabricated — made for political reasons by opponents inside and outside the party.

Becky Massey’s experience — the result of a handful of tweets — is far from unique.

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Pro-Corbyn. Elected secretary of Brighton, Hove and District Labour Party; votes annulled by NEC; suspended Oct 2016; re-instated Feb 2019. Ex-Fleet Street.

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Greg Hadfield

Pro-Corbyn. Elected secretary of Brighton, Hove and District Labour Party; votes annulled by NEC; suspended Oct 2016; re-instated Feb 2019. Ex-Fleet Street.