LABOUR’s antisemitism crisis reignited yesterday after it emerged party chiefs discussed whether the word “yid” was offensive at a private meeting.
The shocking claim was made at a closed gathering of the party’s powerful ruling National Executive Committee amid claims Labour are not doing enough to tackle anti-Jewish hatred.
Yid is offensive slang for a Jewish person.
It was the first meeting of the group since hard-left backers of Jeremy Corbyn seized control of the body that investigates racism, bullying and sexual harassment in Labour.
According to the Huffington Post, one member of the investigations panel argued that there was nothing “intrinsically offensive” about the term yid and others agreed.
Last night a Labour source insisted that the discussion was about whether to refer a particular complaint for further probing – which they did.
And the insider argued the controversial chat was about whether some words are not offensive in different contexts.
The embarrassing revelation came as the Government handed more cash to universities to fight anti-Jewish prejudice.
Around £144,000 is to be pumped into a new programme that will involve 200 students and university leaders visiting the former Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland.
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid said: “We all have a duty to speak out in the memory of those who were murdered during the Holocaust and all those, today, who are the subject of hatred and anti-Semitism.”
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