Labour activist who claimed Theresa May bombed Manchester allowed to stay in party

A LABOUR activist who accused Theresa May of plotting the Manchester bombing was allowed to stay in the party, it emerged today.

The conspiracy theorist was among hundreds of party members who escaped serious punishment despite spreading hateful views online.

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Jeremy Corbyn's office has intervened in more than 100 anti-Semitism complaints, .

And hundreds of activists who were accused of racism still haven't been permanently kicked out as their cases remain unresolved.

Lancashire councillor Pam Bromley suggested the PM could have been behind the Manchester Arena terror attack which killed 22 people in 2017.

She said the bombing, which took place during the General Election campaign, was a "handy excuse to squash Jeremy Corbyn’s growing support".

A total of 454 anti-Semitism complaints - more than half - remain unresolved, the Sunday Times said.

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Labour MP Margaret Hodge, who has suffered anti-Semitic abuse herself, blasted: "The scale of the abuse, the depth of the hatred and the total lack of control is astonishing. The Labour party complaints system is broken.

"Enough is enough. No ifs, no buts. No feeble excuses about how things are better. These leaks show things are worse."

Shami Chakrabarti, a key ally of Mr Corbyn, admitted that the leader's office has intervened in disciplinary cases in the past but insisted it is no longer happening.

A Labour spokesman said: "The Labour party takes all complaints of anti-Semitism extremely seriously and we are committed to rooting it out of our party.

"All complaints about anti-Semitism are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures.

"We can't comment on individual cases"

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