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1. Jeremy Corbyn denounces activists accused of threatening Labour MPs
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 08:32 AM
Dec 2015

Whilst I certainly think that there are a few Labour MP's who aren't going a very good job, why target Stella Creasy? She might not be on the left wing of the Labour party but her work campaigning against loan sharks is exactly what you'd want from a Labour MP.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/02/airstrike-backing-labour-mps-receive-threats-and-deselection-warnings

Jeremy Corbyn has denounced activists accused of bullying and abusing MPs who were backing Syria airstrikes in the lead-up to Wednesday night’s vote. The Labour leader addressed complaints from some MPs that they had faced pressure from anti-war campaigners, including physical threats, warnings of deselection and campaigns of intimidation on social media.

In a statement published on Facebook during the marathon Syria debate in the Commons on Wednesday evening, Corbyn said he accepted that a mass membership party would not always agree on issues.

“But democratic debate comes with responsibilities – the responsibility of respect for others, even if they don’t agree with you. Over recent days I have received a number of reports that there have been some incidents where Labour party members and MPs have been abused. Unfortunately the prime minister took part in this himself by downgrading this debate by calling those who vote against extending airstrikes ‘terrorist sympathisers’,” Corbyn’s statement said. "I want to be very clear – there is no place in the Labour party or from those that support us – for bullying of any sort, from any side of the debate. It flies in the face of everything I believe and everything I stand for.”

Stella Creasy, the Labour MP for Walthamstow, and Diana Johnson, MP for Hull North, were among the most prominent members who received warnings that their positions were vulnerable if they voted in favour of airstrikes.

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