Labour suspends London councillor accused of supporting a conspiracy theory that Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust as part of a masterplan to create the state of Israel
- Preston Tabois is accused of voicing support for Ukip election candidate in 2013
- She claimed Jews killed each other in Holocaust to allow them to create Israel
- He posted ‘Your (sic) not wrong brother’ on online story about her remarks
A Labour councillor and candidate for the London Assembly has been suspended after the discovery of social media posts in which he supported an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.
Preston Tabois is accused of voicing support for a Ukip election candidate suspended in 2013 for claiming Jews killed each other in the Holocaust as part of a masterplan to create Israel.
Anna-Marie Crampton, who stood for election to East Sussex County Council, was suspended by Nigel Farage’s then party over reports she posted extreme views on a conspiracy theorist website called ‘Secrets of The Fed’.
Crampton, then 57, was alleged to have said: ‘Holocaust means a sacrifice by fire. Only the Zionists could sacrifice their own in the gas chambers.
‘The Second World Wide War was engineered by the Zionist Jews and financed by the bankers to make the general public all over the world to feel so guilty and outraged by the Holocaust that a treaty would be signed to create the State of Israel as we know it today.’
In messages unearthed by the Guido Fawkes blog, Spurs fan Mr Tabois , who addressed the Labour conference in 2014, left a message on a post about her comments, saying ‘Your (sic) not wrong brother.’
In messages unearthed by the Guido Fawkes blog, Spurs fan Mr Tabois , who addressed the Labour conference in 2014 (above), left a message on a post about her comments, saying ‘Your (sic) not wrong brother’
Anna_Marie Crampton (left, with Nigel Farage) was suspended by Ukip in 2013 over reports she posted extreme views on a conspiracy theorist website called ‘Secrets of The Fed’
It’s understood that Mr Tabois, who represents Tottenham Green on Haringey Council, has been placed on administrative suspension by Labour pending an investigation. Such a move would prevent him from standing in an election.
He is on the slate for the London Assembly elections postponed to May 2021.
Under new leader Keir Starmer Labour has shown a zero tolerance approach to members accused of anti-Semitism in an attempt to distance itself from the Jeremy Corbyn era.
A Labour Party spokeswoman said: ‘The Labour Party takes all complaints of antisemitism extremely seriously and they are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures, and any appropriate disciplinary action is taken.’