AT LEAST 1,770 people have so far signed a change.org petition calling for the reinstatement of socialist historian Dr Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt as parliamentary Labour candidate for South Thanet after she was accused of anti-semitism.

A three-person panel of the Labour Party’s national executive committee (NEC) decided not to endorse her eight months after she was democratically selected.

Ms Gordon-Nesbitt has no right to appeal but is considering legal action after crowdfunding raised more than £4,000 for fees.