[IsraelTimes] Corbyn ally Chris Williamson loses whip while new decision on ban pending; senior members of UK opposition party decry ’offensive and reputationally damaging’ decision to reinstate.
"What part of 'keep it on the downlow' did you not understand?"
The UK Labour Party on Friday reportedly reimposed the suspension of an MP two days after it was lifted, amid an ongoing furore over the party’s handling of complaints of anti-Semitism.
Chris Williamson, a Corbyn ally, was filmed in February telling a meeting that the party was "too apologetic" and had "given too much ground" in its response to anti-Semitism allegations.
He was reinstated Wednesday after being suspended pending an ethics review.
However a member of the panel which allowed Williamson’s return to the party, Keith Vaz MP, said he felt the decision should be reconsidered.
Following Vaz’s comments, the Labour general secretary, Jennie Formby, told the party’s national executive that Williamson’s case would be on the agenda for the next meeting of its disputes committee, the Guardian reported.
"Subsequently, the whip is not restored as the decision is still pending," a source told the BBC.
Some 90 senior members of the Labour Party have urged its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, to expel Williamson. 
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