Labour drops council candidate and suspends him after he posted series of anti-Semitic messages online

The Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies of British Jews stage a protest in Parliament Square against antisemitism in the Labour party
The Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies of British Jews stage a protest in Parliament Square against antisemitism in the Labour party Credit: Julian Simmonds for The Telegraph

Labour has dropped a council candidate and suspended him from the party after he posted a series of anti-Semitic messages online, including some which denied the Holocaust.

Roy Smart was barred from standing for Labour in Tunbridge Wells after posting vile images on Facebook, including one called the ‘Holocaust deprogramming course”.

It stated: “Free yourself from a lifetime of Holo-brainwashing about ‘six million’ Jews ‘gassed’ in ‘gas chambers’ disguised as shower rooms”, according to research by the Jewish News.

Mr Smart claimed he was questioning the Holocaust, not denying it happened. 

It came as the party was under pressure to sack a second council candidate last night after it emerged...

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