A new Labour councillor is under investigation after “grossly” offensive historical tweets were uncovered.
Councillor John Garvani was elected onto Leeds City Council to serve the Horsforth ward earlier this month. A pair of tweets dating from 2012, which appear to have been posted from his account, were flagged up to the council’s Labour leadership team on Wednesday night.
Conservative councillor Dan Cohen said the posts were anti-Semitic and had caused “disgust” and “distress” within the city’s Jewish community, of which he is a member.
