Amid Jeremy Corbyn being embroiled in controversies, it has now emerged that a Labour Council candidate has also been accused of antisemitism.
Vice-president of the National Union of Students, Ali Milani, who has campaigned with Labour frontbenchers Kate Osamor and John McDonnell, is accused of allegedly stereotyping Jewish people as stingy in a tweet in 2012. The tweet read, “Nah you won't mate. It'll cost u a pound #jew.”
It is said that Milani also allegedly questioned Israel's right to exist, as well as called TV presenter Piers Morgan a Zionist on social media. The comments were widely reported in 2017.
Ali Milani is a Labour candidate, standing in Heathrow Villages in the May local elections.
Labour Against Antisemitism filed a complaint against him to the Labour Party, accusing him of posting antisemitic content on social media, and have requested that Labour Party looks into this urgently.
Spokesman doe Labour Against Antisemitism, Euan Philipps said, “It is outrageous that a person such as Mr Milani could have been selected to stand as a Labour Councillor when his appalling behaviour is on public record and easily available to anyone wishing to know his background.”
Ali Milani stated, “I have and always will unreservedly apologise for the comments I made as a teenager. This issue was brought to the attention of the Labour Party two years ago and my apology was deemed sincere and since then, I have fervently campaigned against antisemitism, Islamophobia and racism. We all make mistakes and we must be willing to accept that most of us aren't chiselled from adolescence for public office.”
