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Labour under Corbyn is 'intolerant' of dissent, says MP Chris Leslie after no confidence motion

Fellow MP Joan Ryan, who spoke out about antisemitism, calls it a 'purge'

September 30, 2018 09:03
Chris Leslie
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A senior Labour MP has condemned how Labour has become "intolerant" of internal critics under Jeremy Corbyn of its internal critics, after he lost a no confidence motion.

Chris Leslie, who has campaigned for a second referendum on Brexit and criticised Mr Corbyn's economic plans, said he was "the latest in a line of Labour MPs to be told we are not welcome".

He compared his treatment to that of fellow MP Joan Ryan, chair of Labour Friends of Israel, who also lost a no confidence motion because she "resolutely stood up to antisemitism," Mr Leslie wrote in the Guardian on Saturday.

"Whenever I speak publicly – and it doesn’t really matter what I say – there follows a tirade of abuse on social media calling for deselection, denouncing the politics of the centre, telling me I should not be in the Labour Party," he said.