Labour’s North of Tyne mayor has become embroiled in a row over an event with film director Ken Loach that was branded “hugely upsetting” for the Jewish community.
Jamie Driscoll has been urged to apologise after appearing with the acclaimed ‘I, Daniel Blake’ filmmaker on stage at Newcastle’s Live Theatre last week. The criticism prompted Mr Loach to refute what he referred to as “old allegations, always rejected and re-heated from past disputes”.
Mr Loach was expelled from the Labour Party in 2021, claiming at the time that there was a “witch hunt” and saying he would “not disown those already expelled” amid reports of a purge of left-wing factions that backed former leader Jeremy Corbyn and were critical of Sir Keir Starmer's attempts to tackle antisemitism within Labour.
