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Labour's John Mann quits as MP in protest at Jeremy Corbyn giving 'open licence' to antisemites
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Sep 07, 2019 04:27pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Lee Harpin |
| News Date | Saturday, September 7, 2019 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Labour MP John Mann has tonight announced he will resign from Parliament in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's failure to tackle rampant antisemitism within the party.
Mr Mann - MP for Bassetlaw since 2001 - has opted take up a new full-time role as the government's antisemitism tsar.
Speaking to the JC about the decision, made only weeks before a likely General Election, he confirmed: "I'm not prepared to stand as an MP with Corbyn as leader."
He said he had written to Mr Corbyn explaining his decision to stand down and in a hard-hitting letter repeated his call for the Labour leader to resign.
"I have told him to resign for the good of the country and for the good of the Labour Party," he said. |
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