Countdown star Rachel Riley calls out Labour ally who shared petition to silence her for speaking out over anti-Semitism

RACHEL Riley has called out a Labour council candidate who shared a petition aiming to silence the Countdown star for speaking out over anti-Semitism.

Laura Eadie posted the link under a tweet by the presenter in which she criticised Jeremy Corbyn and his handling of the scandal.

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The teaching assistant — standing in Dartford, Kent — told another poster that she had been looking for the petition.

Rachel then posted screenshots of the exchange and accused Ms Eadie of “sharing a petition set up by an obsessive anti-Semitic racist known for harassing those who speak out, aiming to have me silenced for standing up to it”.

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But the candidate has since deleted her tweets and made her account private.

She said: “It was a silly mistake from me and it wasn’t my intention to hurt anyone.”

Ms Eadie later tweeted to say she is focusing on Thursday’s local elections.

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