Revealed: Pro-Palestinian protester waving swastika placard on Armistice Day march is ex Labour activist who once accused the party leadership of acting like the Third Reich.
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By Jack Hardy and Andy Jehring
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13:52 13 Nov 2023, updated 16:54 13 Nov 2023
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A pro-Palestinian protester seen waving a swastika on Saturday is a former Labour activist who once accused the party leadership of acting like the Third Reich, it can be revealed.
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Kate Varnfield, 66, was pictured attending the rally in London this weekend with a placard showing the Star of David enmeshed with the Nazi swastika above the words: 'No British politician should be a 'friend of Israel'.'
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It was one of several displays of antisemitism at the rally which is now being investigated by the Metropolitan Police as a possible hate crime...
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Labour sources in the South East have said that Ms Varnfield joined the Eastbourne Constituency Labour Party (CLP) around the time that Jeremy Corbyn became party leader...