He has now been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children, possession of extreme pornographic images and possessing prohibited images of children. Redbridge council leader Jas Athwal was allowed to become a Labour parliamentary candidate despite the party’s own lawyer saying he should be investigated over allegations of ‘serious’ sexual assault. MP Neil Coyle has been welcomed back into the party by Keir Starmer despite making racist remarks and being found by Parliament to have sexually harassed at least one person. These are just a small selection of the Labour right’s horrific record on sexual harassment, sexual assault and racism. If you wish to republish this post for non-commercial use, you are welcome to do so – see here for more.

Source: The Guardian July 01, 2023 21:30 UTC