Labour MP Ronald Campbell has said “the Jewish issue” is being used “as a big stick to beat Corbyn and get rid of him”.
Speaking to Mark Mardell for The World This Weekend programme on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday, Mr Campbell also castigated Jewish Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge for having secretly recorded her meeting with Jeremy Corbyn to discuss Labour's antisemitism crisis.
On the tape, leaked to the Sunday Times, Mr Corbyn could be heard admitting that evidence of antisemitism within Labour had been "mislaid or ignored" by party staff.
Mr Campbell, who represents Blyth Valley in Northumberland, said: “It’s deplorable that someone goes to a private meeting with the leader and records a conversation. That’s just unacceptable.”
