MP John Woodcock is on the brink of QUITTING Labour
6 years, 11 months ago

MP John Woodcock is on the brink of QUITTING Labour

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A leading Labour moderate is on the brink of quitting the party over Jeremy Corbyn's failure to tackle anti-Semitism and his response to the Salisbury attack. Scroll down for video John Woodcock MP for Barrow and Furness, is contemplating quitting the Labour whip and spending the rest of his time in Parliament as an independent Labour MPs who have spoken out against the abuse abuse and attended the protest against it outside Parliament on Monday night have been threatened with deselection and deluged with hate mail from Corbynistas. But he is facing a fresh crisis today after the Daily Mail revealed that Christine Shawcroft, Labour's disciplinary chief and a key Corbyn ally, has quit for opposing the suspension of an apparent Holocaust denier. Jeremy Corbyn has come under heavy criticism for his handling of the anti-Semitism sweeping through the ranks of his supporters Labour was in meltdown over anti-Semitism last night after its disciplinary chief Christine Shawcroft resigned for opposing the suspension of an apparent Holocaust denier The Labour leader called for the British authorities refused to condemn the Kremlin for the attack and called for a sample of the poison used to verify the results. The angry spat in the Commons last night exposed the scale of the tensions among Labour MPs amid a renewed outcry at Mr Corbyn's performance.

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