This article titled "Labour suspends donor over Corbyn 'Nazi stormtroopers' article" was written by Frances Perraudin, for theguardian.com on Sunday 11th September 2016 08.19 UTCThe Labour party has suspended a prominent donor for likening Jeremy Corbyn’s team to Nazi storm troopers.
Michael Foster, a former celebrity agent who has donated more than £400,000 to the party, said the Labour leader and his team had “no respect for others and worse, no respect for the rule of law”.
His comments were published in article published in the Mail on Sunday, titled: “Why I despise Jeremy Corbyn and his Nazi stormtroopers’, by Jewish Labour donor Michael Foster.”
The piece appeared on 14 August after the high court ruled against Foster’s bid to stop Corbyn from being automatically allowed to stand for re-election as leader.
The former Labour parliamentary candidate in Camborne and Redruth said: “To me, respect for the rule of law is fundamental to a democracy.
“Once political parties believe they are above the law it ends with all opposition silenced, whether it is my grandparents in Dachau, or the Left in Erdoğan’s Turkey rounded up and held uncharged in prison.
“The courts decided that the rules as they stand allowed it. This decision advantaged Corbyn and his Sturm Abteilung (stormtroopers), but on Friday afternoon the appeal court handed down a big decision for British democracy.”
Foster has said that he did not use the word “Nazi” in his article, but it was included in the headline by the Mail on Sunday.
Labour have confirmed that Foster was suspended on 7 September because he was alleged to have breached the leadership election rule which bans “abuse of any kind by members or supporters”. A spokesperson said on Sunday that the party did not comment on individual cases.
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