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Labour MP quits party and blasts Corbyn over anti-Semitism

Long serving Labour MP John Mann has quit the party to become the Government’s anti-Semitism tsar.

Mr Mann, 59, has been an MP for Bassetlaw in the Midlands for more than 18 years.

He used his departure to criticise Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

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Mr Mann said he would “never forgive” him for allowing the party to be “hi-jacked” by anti-Semites.

Mr Mann said: “Corbyn has given the green light to the anti-Semites and, having done so, has sat there and done nothing to turn that round.

“Every time I go into a meeting with a group of Jewish people, I wince when they raise the issue of the Labour Party and Corbyn.

“It is impossible to overstate the anger that I have about that. He has not just hijacked my political party – he has hijacked its soul and its ethics.

“I will never forgive him for that.”

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