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Cllr suspended for alleged ‘pro-Palestine’ posts Plans approved for park improvement "It's terrible seeing children being bombed and I felt something had to be said” A councillor in Sheffield has been suspended by Labour over alleged antisemitic posts on social media. Peter Price, who represents Shiregreen and Brightside, has been a councillor for more than 50 years, writes Lucy Ashton for the BBC. The 85-year-old has apologised for reposting some comments but said he would appeal against his suspension. He denied he was antisemitic. Labour said it could not comment on individual cases as its disciplinary hearings were confidential. Mr Price remains a city councillor but has had the Labour whip removed. "I didn't mean to upset people," he said.
"It's terrible seeing children being bombed and I felt something had to be said so I shared a few proPalestine tweets but someone took offence to them and apparently I crossed a line. "I am really not antisemitic, being called that has been the worst part of all this, I am quite upset by it all as I've been a councillor for 52 years." Although the Labour Party said it could not comment on Mr Price's case, a spokesman said: "Keir Starmer has changed Labour so that it is unrecognisable from the party of 2019, and has pulled out antisemitism by its roots. "We will continue to fight antisemitism, it has no place in the Labour Party or wider society."
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Mr Price was due to stand down at the next council elections in May.
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