Labour was warned antisemitism report was deliberately misleading, leak reveals

Party's lawyer said private messages were presented selectively and without context

Labour's most senior lawyer under Jeremy Corbyn formally warned the party that an internal report on antisemitism was deliberately misleading and relied upon improperly obtained private correspondence, leaked documents show.

Thomas Gardiner, Labour's director of governance and legal until last month, wrote that the report should not be circulated because party employees' emails and WhatsApp messages had been presented selectively and without their true context in order to give a misleading picture".