Suspended Labour MP Kate Osamor gets party whip back after Holocaust post

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Suspended Labour MP Kate Osamor has had the party whip restored four months after a controversial Holocaust Memorial Day post suggesting the Israeli action in Gaza is genocide. I made remarks which were insensitive, inappropriate, and which I apologise for and regret.” The Independent revealed late last month that Ms Osamor would be given the Labour whip again within days. A JLM spokesperson said: "Kate Osamor's original actions and non-apology were disgraceful and smeared the memory of all those who died in the Holocaust and subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Darfur, Rwanda and Bosnia, as commemorated by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.” He added that the onus was “now on her to engage with her local Jewish community. open image in gallery Middlesbrough MP Andy McDonald has also had the Labour whip restored But, after an investigation into his comments, Labour concluded he had “not engaged in conduct that was against the party’s rulebook”.