When a Labour MP wallows in his own bigotry.

Photo: By Chris McAndrew - UK Parliament,

Many people will have seen the disgusting tweet by Labour MP Grahame Morris who claimed a video showed Israeli (IDF) soldiers beating up a Palestinian child. In fact it was a film of Guatemalan soldiers from the eighties. It's not the first time the anti-Semites -Zionists have posted false pictures or information on the internet. It won't be the last.

Morris posted a mealy mouthed totally insincere apology that should have led to him being suspended or preferably expelled from the Labour Party. But as usual Corbyn ignores such inconveniences since he's proved himself to be no better.

Tom Watson MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party issued the following statement:

“Following a number of complaints relating to the distribution of fake news by a Labour Party member, and the amplification of the misinformation by my colleague Grahame Morris MP, I shared the concerns with the chief whip and general secretary of the Labour Party.

Disciplinary matters are in their hands but I am sure they are in no doubt of the offence caused.

I understand after a couple of attempts, Mr Morris has now made a full apology.

Once again, I advise all Labour Party members, no matter what their status, to observe the social media code in our rule book and to exercise tolerance and respect in their public discussions”

Sorry but this is NOT a full apology:

Labour Against Anti-Semitism also commented:

Euan Philipps, spokesperson for Labour Against Antisemitism:

“Grahame Morris MP’s tweet was highly offensive.

Firstly, it wrongly claimed footage of Guatemalan soldiers physically abusing children was in fact the Israel Defence Force – then, despite having his error pointed out (including by the IDF itself), Mr Morris refused to delete the tweet.

Secondly, his tweet also included the retweet of Rachael Swindon, a twitter account that has been censured for promoting antisemitic Rothschild conspiracy theories.

Thirdly, Mr Morris’s tweet also carried inaccuracies about the strength of the IDF, a blatant misrepresentation of the Israeli military and an exaggeration of its defensive capabilities.

And fourthly, by saying “May God forgive them”, he appears to have invoked the Easter blood libel.

We understand that Mr Morris has now apologised for sharing the footage – but he should have apologised and removed his tweet as soon as his error was pointed out. His delayed actions look insincere and forced.

This is not the first time that Mr Morris has been criticised for seemingly promoting antisemitic views. In 2014 he provoked anger when he appeared to compare Israeli villagers to Nazi’s, and in the same year equated Israeli soldiers with ISIS terrorists and tweeted a prominent pro-Israel activist, Andrea Fagerbakke, “just tell your bosses you have done your work and reflect on my TL :justice for #Palestine”.

We welcome Tom Watson’s reporting of this to the Chief Whip and the General Secretary, and what should be a swift suspension of Mr Morris from the Labour Party. However, we wonder why Jeremy Corbyn hasn’t taken any action himself and removed the party whip? Following the lack of disciplinary action over the comments made by Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon last week, and now this, it appears Jeremy Corbyn has given up any pretence on taking a strong line on antisemitism within his own PLP.”