A former Labour MP has won an apology from a newspaper after it falsely accused her being "a Jewish liar." Lorna Fitzsimons sued the Rochdale-based Asian Leader for libel after it carried a front-page article last November which claimed she had lied to her former Rochdale constituents by denying links to Israel in order to win votes. In its online apology, the paper concedes that "Ms Fitzsimons is neither Jewish nor a liar". (Via Manchester Evening News)
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