The Lib Dems have suspended a prospective London mayoral candidate over previous antisemitic comments

September 13, 2020   

(Politics Home) The Liberal Democrats have suspended one of their prospective London mayoral candidates after it was revealed she had made a series of antisemitic comments during the 1997 election campaign.

A party spokesperson said Ms Sidhu-Robb would not appear on the party’s ballot paper to be their candidate for London mayor after it was revealed she had used a megaphone to urge Muslim voters not to vote for her Labour opponent, Jack Straw, because they would be “voting for a Jew.”

Ms Sidhu-Robb had been shortlisted for the party’s candidacy alongside Lib Dem councillor Luisa Porrit, with the contest due to run until 13 October.

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