Scottish Labour are being pressured to end their silence on Jeremy Corbyn’s uncritical view on anti-Semitism.
It comes after the Labour leader supported a graffiti artist in 2012 over the removal of a mural which contained commonly associated anti-Semitic depictions of Jewish people
It is not the first time that the Labour party has become embroiled in controversy regarding anti-Semitic views under Corbyn’s leadership.
The Scottish Conservatives are now calling on Scottish Labour to speak out against anti-Semitism, and the comments made by their UK party leader.
Scottish Conservative MSP for Eastwood Jackson Carlaw said:
“It is time for Scottish Labour to end their silence on their UK leader's support for what many would see as casual anti-Semitism.
“Anti-Semitism in all forms is abhorrent, and we need to condemn it in the strongest possible terms.
“Jeremy Corbyn has wholly failed to do this, and Scottish Labour need to join other UK Labour parliamentarians and speak out.”
Scottish Conservative MP for East Renfrewshire Paul Masterton said:
“We are now past the point of a simple apology from Labour.
“They need to call out Jeremy Corbyn on his behaviour and state in the clearest possible terms that these actions are unacceptable.
"Scottish Labour is advocating for Jeremy Corbyn to govern our country, yet he is a leader who can’t recognise anti-Semitism when it is painted over London's East End.”