The Labour Party suspended veteran member and former London Mayor Ken Livingstone on Thursday in a row over anti-Semitism, the latest scandal to expose deep splits in the party since it elected a hard-left leader.
“Ken Livingstone has been suspended by the Labour Party, pending an investigation, for bringing the Party into disrepute,” Labour said in a statement.
Livingstone’s suspension comes after the party suspended another member on Wednesday over anti-Semitic remarks she made on social media in 2014 before she was elected to represent Labour in parliament.
Reuters