Jeremy Corbyn’s attempts to defuse the crisis over anti-Semitism in Britain’s Labour party has suffered a new setback with a fresh controversy erupting over the appointment of a top lawyer to oversee its disciplinary processes.
Gordon Nardell, who is Jewish, was recently announced as Labour’s new in-house counsel.
However, revelations of his alleged links to the party’s hard left and to activists embroiled in the anti-Semitism row have provoked further criticism of Labour’s handling of the issue.
Following the disclosures, a senior Jewish Labour MP has said she has “no faith” in the party’s processes to tackle anti-Semitism.
