Labour Suspends MP Andy McDonald Over Speech at Pro-Palestine Rally

The MP, who claimed the Israel-Hamas war is not about Hamas terrorists’ attack on Oct. 7, has been suspended for three months pending an investigation.

Undated handout photo issued by UK Parliament of Andy McDonald who is the Labour MP for Middlesbrough. Richard Townshend/UK Parliament via PA

Labour has suspended Andy McDonald on Monday over the MP’s speech at a pro-Palestinian rally, saying his comments were “deeply offensive.”

In his speech on Saturday, the MP for Middlesbrough cited a Gaza resident, claiming the ongoing Israel-Hamas war is not about Hamas’ attack of Israel on Oct. 7, but “ethnically cleansing Palestinian people.”