Kalen Ockerman denies that his mural in Hanbury Street near Brick Lane in 2012 was antisemitic

Jeremy Corbyn faces questions from Labour MPs over his support for what one described as “one of the worst examples of antisemitic imagery.”

Luciana Berger is pressing the Labour leader over why he questioned the removal of a mural depicting a Rothschild banker playing monopoly on the backs of the poor.

Kalen Ockerman, the artist, also known as Mear One, posted a picture of his mural on a wall in Tower Hamlets, east London, protesting at its removal in October 2012. In reply Mr Corbyn wrote: “Why? You are in good company. Rockerfeller destroyed Diego Rivera’s mural because it includes a picture of Lenin.”

Although posted three years before he was elected Labour leader, Mr Corbyn’s message surfaced after concerns about his membership of two