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'Nazi' taunt of MP Anna Soubry condemned as 'disgusting'

Board of Deputies condemn jeers and abuse of anti-Brexit MP as Speaker calls protestors' actions 'harassment'

January 8, 2019 12:12
Anna Soubry (right) faces abuse from two men outside parliament after BBC News interview
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The Board of Deputies has condemned the "disgusting" abusive chants against anti-Brexit MP Anna Soubry - who was branded a "Nazi" and harassed outside parliament.

Ms Soubry faced chants of "Soubry is a Nazi" during a BBC News interviewer from a group of far-right activists who have descended on parliament to harangue journalists and parliamentarians in the runup to the Brexit deal vote next week.

The Board called this "vile abuse".

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