Mr Driscoll has refused to apologise for appearing at an event with filmmaker Ken Loach and did not apologise when questioned over some of Mr Loach's comments on Jews, the Holocaust and Israel.
"My combined authority has adopted the… IHRA [International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance] definition of antisemitism," he added.
The mayor said banning people"who are promoting socialist views from participating is really quite anti-democratic". It came shortly after the party expelled a number of groups, including Resist, Socialist Appeal, Labour in Exile Network and Labour Against the Witch-hunt.
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