BY BEN KERRIGAN

Labour look in ruins after the anti semitic comments of Ken livingstone, and the very aggressive confrontation by Mp, John many in full view of the cameras.

Livingstones idea that it was OK for his now resigned colleague to pronounce words to the effect of Israel moving to America to solve the Palestine dispute is most ridiculous.

His reasoning rests on the view that Israel is killing more Palestinians than the other way round, and the skewed idea that Hitler was originally a Zionist before going mad and killing the Jews.

Mann was right to distinguish going mad from being an evil and calculated murderer. However, the open showdown was undignified for the labour party and simply showed them to be a very divided party. Mann should have vented his disgust more maturely and professionally, though he will not be the subject of much criticism for shouting out against racism. However, with Livingstone now suspended, the cancer of the party can be said to be undergoing treatment. Calls for his complete expulsion are legitimate, for the former Mayor is a bit of problem for a party already struggling to gain popularity with the public under Jeremy Corbyn.

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Corbyn himself is more complicated than apparent. He can be wise in many of his utterances, though his known stance for a world ideal of peace without a national army has always been one of his strangest political pronouncements. Corbyn has also been known to be sympathetic to the Palestinians in their eternal war with Israel, his supposedly empathetic take sharply at odds with his professed policy against anti Semitism. The labour leader has shared platforms with almost every political Muslim known for their anti semetic views , leading to rational deductions that he really has no strong views against it despite his official front.

Now, Jeremy Corbyn has announced that he will hold an independent inquiry into anti-Semitism and other forms of racism in the Labour Party.

The inquiry, led by Shami Chakrabarti, former head of campaign group Liberty, will consult with the Jewish community and other minority groups, Labour said.
Mr Corbyn will also propose a new “code of conduct” on racism at Labour’s national executive committee in May.
It comes after the party suspended MP Naz Shah and ex-London mayor Ken Livingstone amid anti-Semitism claims.
The code of conduct will include guidance on “acceptable behaviour and use of language” and make “explicitly clear for the first time that Labour will not tolerate any form of racism, including anti-Semitism, in the party”, a statement said.