Chris Williamson may have been suspended, but the Labour leader will still face criticism over his response to the backlash.
That was forthcoming, posted on social media just as PMQs got underway at midday, with Mr Williamson issuing a"sincere apology" and saying he regretted his choice of words.
They said:"He needs to be kicked out now. The PLP are going berserk, the unions are calling it out. He has to go." At around 5pm, just four hours after Mr Corbyn's spokesman had said he would not be suspended, the party confirmed"Chris Williamson is suspended from the party, and therefore the whip, pending investigation," the party statement said.
"We got there within a day, I think we got there in a timely fashion, and I think it does send out that strong message that Labour is taking seriously the challenge of rooting out antisemitism from within our party," he said.Other shadow ministers, who did not wish to be named, suggested the rapid reappraisal was more the result of the seriousness of the political reaction, than any swift examination of the evidence in Labour's Victoria Street offices.
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