I want to see the PM with noose around her neck says Labour aide

A LABOUR aide provoked disgust yesterday after saying he wanted to see Theresa May with a ‘noose around her neck’.

Paul Robertson, parliamentary assistant to Labour party chairman Ian Lavery, has apologised for posting the shocking message about the Prime Minister.

But he has kept his job – despite the party taking action against a local party chief who made a vile jibe at Emily Thornberry.

Yesterday, Labour said Mr Robertson would not be investigated as no complaint had been received.

Commenting on a photo of Mrs May last weekend, Mr Robertson posted on Facebook: ‘Lord help us! Theresa May poised to exploit #royalwedding to unveil fleet of new peers!!’

Another user replied: ‘ Do you have to keep putting pictures up of that ugly harridan.’ He replied: ‘She would look better

‘This is wholly unacceptable’

with a noose around her neck.’ After his comments were picked up by Mail Online, he issued a grovelling apology and Mr Lavery vowed to speak to his parliamentary aide.

A spokesman for Mr Lavery said: ‘This comment is wholly unacceptable. All those working for the Labour Party or for Members of Parliament have a particular responsibility to ensure the highest possible standards of behaviour and this has been reiterated to all of Mr Lavery’s staff.’

In a statement, Mr Robertson said: ‘I apologise unreservedly for making this highly inappropriate and offensive comment over the weekend, which I have now deleted. I also apologise to Mr Lavery for having caused embarrassment to his office.’

His treatment contrasts with that of Ian McKenzie, the chairman of Lewisham East, who was suspended on Tuesday after making ‘misogynistic’ remarks about Miss Thornberry.

One of his tweets from 2016 said the shadow foreign secretary was ‘too old for Isis’. It read: ‘They won’t make a sex slave of her. They’ll behead her and dump her in a mass grave.’

Yesterday, Tory deputy chairman James Cleverly said of Mr Robertson: ‘These are disgusting comments from someone who works for the chairman of the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn should take immediate action to ensure those who do and say things which have no place in public life do not find a home within Labour.’