Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer had asked Rebecca Long-Bailey to step down from the shadow cabinet after she shared an article from Maxine Peake.
Maxine has since said: ‘I feel it’s important for me to clarify that, when talking to The Independent, I was inaccurate in my assumption of American Police training & its sources. ‘I find racism & antisemitism abhorrent & I in no way wished, nor intended, to add fodder to any views of the contrary.’A spokesman for Sir Keir Starmer said: ‘This afternoon Keir Starmer asked Rebecca Long-Bailey to step down from the Shadow Cabinet.
The article Rebecca shared earlier today contained an antisemitic conspiracy theory.‘As leader of the Labour Party, Keir has been clear that restoring trust with the Jewish.
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