A senior aide to Jeremy Corbyn who suggested people should vote for a Class War candidate in May’s election has been let off with a warning by Labour’s ruling body.
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He said union representatives overwhelmingly voted at a special conference in Blackpool to reunite with Labour after splitting from the party 11 years ago.
Mr Fisher said he was “very pleased” with the committee’s decision.
The tweets in question were sent before he was made Mr Corbyn’s head of policy.
On the morning after the general election, Fisher tweeted that it was “fitting that the architect of Labour’s miserable austerity-lite economic policies should lose #Balls”.
He also referred to former-Prime Minster Tony Blair and his press chief Alastair Campbell as “scumbags”, called ex-Foreign Secretary Jack Straw a “vile git” and accused Yvette Cooper of pushing “racist” policies when she was Shadow Home Secretary.
The National Executive Committee said his suspension had been lifted but he had been warned over his conduct.
Flint and McDonagh said in a statement: “We are disappointed that the Labour party has decided not to proceed with a full disciplinary inquiry by the [national constitutional committee] into Andrew Fisher, and instead issue a slap on the wrist”.
They alleged that the person leading the investigation had been subjected to huge pressure, which compromised the independence and integrity of the party’s disciplinary process.
Mr Fisher apologised for the tweet, which he said had been “misinterpreted” and said his social media accounts had been closed to avoid a repeat.
Paul Flynn, a friend of Corbyn who sits on the same wing of the party, said on Friday it was not sustainable for the leader to be at war with his shadow cabinet. In September previous year, Fisher described the Labour frontbench as “the most abject collection of complete shite”.
‘How on earth can I persuade my members to campaign there when our goal is being thwarted by a member there?’
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But until now, pacifist Corbyn has threatened to block United Kingdom involvement, saying he can not support Mr Cameron’s proposals. Keeping Fisher out of the party would have been a significant blow for Corbyn’s authority.
