SIR Keir Starmer was slammed tonight after Jeremy Corbyn was let back into the Labour Party.
Corbyn was suspended just three weeks ago after he downplayed the horrific racism scandal in the party.
Jeremy Corbyn has tonight been let back into the Labour party
Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour suspended Mr Corbyn pending an investigation
In a blistering report last month, the equalities watchdog found that Labour illegally discriminated against Jewish people under Mr Corbyn’s reign.
But the unrepentant leftwinger claimed the scandal had been exaggerated by his political enemies.
Labour bosses sitting on a disciplinary panel let him back into the party fold after he issued a grovelling statement to “clarify” his comments.
The controversial decision sparked a furious response from campaigners.
Gideon Falter, boss of the Campaign Against anti-Semitism fumed: “By readmitting Mr Corbyn, the Labour Party has once again excused anti-Semitism and proved itself unwilling to address it.
“Mr Corbyn’s suspension should have remained in place until all of our complaints against him were investigated, but no investigation has been undertaken.
“Once again, we see the impact of Labour’s failure to implement an independent disciplinary process as demanded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission and Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership pledges that have now gone unfulfilled for almost a year.
CORBYN LET BACK IN
“The Jewish community has been conned.
“Mr Corbyn must be resuspended immediately pending investigation of our complaint against him under the new independent process mandated by the EHRC. Britain is watching.”
Mr Corbyn issued a plea to be let back into the party yesterday morning.
The leftwinger said he understands that racism is a problem in the party and backs the bid to kick anti-Semites out.
But he pointedly did not apologise.
He said: “We must never tolerate anti-Semitism or belittle concerns about it.
“And that was not my intention in anything I said this week.
“I regret the pain this issue has caused the Jewish community and would wish to do nothing that would exacerbate or prolong it.
“To be clear, concerns about anti-Semitism are neither ‘exaggerated’ nor ‘overstated’.
“The point I wished to make was that the vast majority of Labour Party members were and remain committed anti-racists deeply opposed to anti-Semitism.”
MPs and activists loyal to Mr Corbyn campaigned for him to be reinstated and the former leader thanked them for their support.
“I’m grateful to the many thousands of Labour party members, trade unionists, and supporters in Britain and around the world, who have offered their solidarity,” he said.
“I hope this matter is resolved as quickly as possible, so that the party can work together to root out antisemitism and unite to oppose and defeat this deeply damaging Conservative government.”
Labour declined to comment on his remarks.
But this morning the Board of Deputies of British Jews called on the party to reject his “pathetic non-apology”.
President Marie van der Zyl said: “Keir Starmer rightly called the day of the release of the EHRC report a “day of shame”.
Jeremy Corbyn’s response, by contrast, was shameless. Keir Starmer said: “Those who deny there is a problem are part of the problem.
“Those who pretend it is exaggerated or factional are part of the problem.
“If the Party wants to show it is serious about tackling anti-Jewish racism, it will consign this statement, just like the culture which led to the EHRC’s damning findings, to the dustbin of history.”
Mr Corbyn was sensationally suspended from Labour last month in the wake of a damning report laying bare anti-Semitism under his watch.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission found that Labour broke the law by failing to protect Jewish members.
Mr Corbyn furiously lashed the findings and insisted the racism problem has been “overstated” by his political enemies.
Within hours of his explosive comments Sir Keir suspended the leftie from the party.
He now faces a disciplinary investigation by party bosses who will rule on his punishment and whether to let him back in.
The Labour boss said he didn’t accept all of the report and insisted some claims of anti semitism had been exaggerated by critics
