Peter Price, who has been a Labour councillor for 52 years has been suspended by the Labour Party for his social media posts.
The Labour Party has confirmed Councillor Peter Price, representing the Shiregreen and Brightside wards, has been ‘administratively’ suspended from membership of the Labour Party, pending investigation.
This has the automatic effect of suspending the Labour whip, which means he will not be able to vote as a councillor. He also cannot stand for the Labour Party, but he was due to stand down in May.
Steve Cooke, a Labour Party activist, who claimed to have seen the posts in question from Cllr Peter Price, said: “I believe Cllr Price’s social media activity brings the Labour Party into disrepute and undermines our efforts to tackle antisemitism.”
A Labour Party spokesperson said: “Keir Starmer has changed Labour so that it is unrecognisable from the party of 2019, and has pulled out anti-semitism by its roots. We will continue to fight anti-semitism, it has no place in the Labour Party or wider society.”
The story was broken by Lucy Ashton on X (Twitter).
