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Concerns have been raised about the choice of a speaker at a University of Nottingham event.

The Nottingham Jewish Society and the Union of Jewish Students (UJS) said giving MP Chris Williamson a platform was "wholly unacceptable".

They said Mr Williams has a "consistent history of Jew-baiting."

The Derby North MP was suspended earlier this year over remarks about the party's handling of anti-Semitism.

The row erupted after footage emerged showing Mr Williamson telling activists that Labour had been "too apologetic" over antisemitism.

Despite this, the MP has been given the opportunity to talk at the university on Friday, October 11.

The university said Mr Williamson was among a number of regional politicians and MPs from across the political spectrum invited to discuss British party politics.

Daniel Kosky, UJS Campaigns Organiser said he was "surprised by the wholly unacceptable decision."

He said: "Williamson has been suspended by the Labour Party over antisemitism and has a consistent history of Jew-baiting and defending antisemitism.

"Williamson has been invited to Nottingham to add a perspective of an individual who is an ally of Jeremy Corbyn, yet there are plenty of individuals the university could have invited who have not been suspended for antisemitism.

"The University of Nottingham has a proud record of being a welcoming place for Jewish students - decisions to host those suspended from their political parties over anti-Jewish racism are inappropriate, offensive and go against the very ideals of the University.

"We have contacted the university to express our concern and have called on the event to be cancelled immediately."

The university said it did not condone his actions in a statement.

A spokeswoman said: "The University of Nottingham does not in any way condone the actions and statements of Mr Chris Williamson MP that led to his suspension from the Labour Party and condemns any form of intolerance to religious belief of any kind.

"While we have no reason to believe that he will break the law when speaking on our campus, the University will monitor Mr Williamson’s actions closely and intervene were there to be any speech that might be considered unlawful.

"The University is committed to supporting the wellbeing of all students within our community, we also have legal duties to ensure that lawful free speech should not be prevented on campus.

"Speakers are invited to the University by individual academics to speak in relation to individual study modules for their courses, enabling students to gain insights and explore subjects in greater depth.

"In this instance, Mr Williamson is among a number of regional politicians and MPs from across the political spectrum invited to discuss matters directly related to the content of the British Party Politics module run by our School of Politics and International Relations.

"This module examines in particular the outcomes of general elections of 2015 and 2017, where Mr Williamson lost the seat of Derby North in 2015, but regained it for Labour in 2017.

"The University is discussing what we can do to support the wellbeing of students who disagree with this decision."