Corbyn’s campaign chief is member of anti-semitic Facebook groups which say 7/7 attacks were an ‘inside job’
Andrew Gwynne said he was signed up to the conspiracy theory pages by mistake
LABOUR’S campaign boss was signed up to a string of vile Facebook pages including anti-semitic memes and conspiracy theories, it emerged today.
Andrew Gwynne - who has boasted about his campaign’s tech skills - joined groups which accused the royals of paedophilia and claimed the 7/7 attack was an inside job.
He appears to have hastily unsubscribed from the groups after being exposed - and claims he was added to them without knowing.
One of the groups which Mr Gwynne, the MP for Denton and Reddish, belonged to was called “STOP ZIONIST USA!”
Other members of the group posted messages claiming that Jewish people were responsible for all global terrorism and blaming wealthy Jews for “everything awful going on in this world”.
Another group, “Truth rising”, promoted conspiracy theories with one post claiming: “7/7 was an inside job”.
Message shared on the page include a vile claim that the murder of Jo Cox was the result of a conspiracy, and a call for parents not to vaccinate their children against illness.
Mr Gwynne also joined an anti-monarchy group which featured false claims that members of the royal family are secretly paedophiles.
Today a spokesman for the MP, who is shadow communities secretary, told The Sun he was signed up to the groups without his consent and did not know he was a member.
The spokesman said: "These are public groups which Andrew was added to without his knowledge or consent.
“He does not endorse the views expressed in these groups and was appalled when he learnt he had been added to them."
Shortly after the snap election where Labour came close to toppling Theresa May, Mr Gwynne claimed that one reason for the party’s strong performance was the way it had mastered Facebook.