Clip of Sadiq Khan calling Labour ‘antisemitic’ has correction edited out

A video clip shared on social media, including by the Conservative party and the Reclaim party leader Laurence Fox, appears to show the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan describing the Labour party as “antisemitic”. But this is misleading—the clip is a shortened version of an interview with Mr Khan, and fails to show him correcting himself seconds later. 

During the interview with Sky News earlier on Thursday, Mr Khan was discussing the suspension of two Labour parliamentary candidates due to comments they allegedly made about Israel. 

In the full version of the clip, he said: "As far as I'm concerned, that sort of language isn’t acceptable and it certainly shouldn't be acceptable in a party like mine, that is proud to be both anti-racist but also antisemitic."

Quickly realising he had misspoken, Mr Khan immediately corrected himself, saying: "I beg your pardon, tackling antisemitism." 

However, the shorter version of the clip being shared cuts off before Mr Khan makes the correction. The edited clip was posted by the Conservatives along with the message: “Sadiq Khan says the quiet part out loud.”

We’ve contacted the Conservative and Reclaim parties for comment.

Political parties should ensure claims they make are accurate and include all necessary context—and this includes when representing the speech of other politicians.