Discredited former mayor of London Ken Livingstone has been kicked out of the Labour party after his alleged anti-Semitic slurs
The outgoing General Secretary has ordered a fresh investigation into more of Livingstone's outbursts.
One of his more infamous claims was that Adolf Hitler was a Zionist "before he went mad and murdered six million Jews."
He repeated last month that his claims about Hitler were historically accurate and that his suspension from the party was due to a "political struggle."
Fuming MPs warned against letting him back in - at the risk of making the party seem soft on anti-Semitism.
The Board of Deputies of British Jews, Jonathan Arkush, said:
"We continue to believe that Ken Livingstone should have been expelled long ago. We urge Labour not to kick this problem in to the long grass. His comments have been very public, frequently repeated and consistently offensive. It is time for Labour to expel him for good, and as soon as possible."
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