A Leeds councillor who posted historic tweets described as “grossly insulting” to the Jewish community has claimed the posts have been “taken out of context”.
Two social media posts by Councillor John Garvani, dating from 2012, were referred to party chiefs for “investigation” when they were flagged up to Leeds’ Labour group in May.
But asked for an update on the case earlier this month, a Labour spokesperson said Councillor Garvani had in fact already received “sanctions” for the tweets by the party’s National Executive Committee in 2021, a year before he was elected onto the city council to serve the Horsforth ward.
