Former London mayor Livingstone should have apologised immediately over the offensive remarks and must show “honest contrition”, he said. But McDonnell repeatedly refused to call for his old ally to be expelled from the party. A disciplinary panel’s decision to only suspend Livingstone provoked uproar among MPs and senior members of the shadow cabinet. Ken Livingstone suspended from Labour after Hitler remarks Read moreMcDonnell told Sky News’s Ridge On Sunday programme: “It was their party. She told BBC One’s Andrew Marr Show: “I was surprised to say the least, frankly I was bewildered he wasn’t suspended from the Labour party as a result.

Source: The Guardian April 09, 2017 12:50 UTC