Labour Party: ''anti-Semitism''
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The anti-Semitism storm facing Jeremy Corbyn deepened today as Scotland Yard launched a criminal probe into alleged hate crimes by Labour Party members.
Labour’s leader came under renewed fire for failing to crack down on party activists responsible for vile abuse. One allegedly described Jews as “cancer”.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said it “appears there may have been crime committed”. She said detectives had spent two months assessing a leaked Labour Party dossier and were now working with the Crown Prosecution Service on the investigation.
Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson, who has called for tougher action on the issue by the party leadership, said it was “thoroughly depressing” news but not surprising.
Accusing influential figures of “hampe...