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Dame Margaret Hodge: Antisemitism I've faced under Corbyn's Labour is 'much much higher' than from Nick Griffin's BNP

Embattled MP also says: 'The heart of the Labour Party I joined must still be there... but at the moment we are antisemitic'

June 5, 2019 08:25
Dame Margaret Hodge
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Dame Margaret Hodge has said the antisemitism she has faced from Jeremy Corbyn's Labour is "much, much" worse than she faced when she campaigned against the BNP's Nick Griffin.

Dame Margaret, who fought off a challenge to her Barking seat from the far-right leader in 2010, said she received "some" Jew-hate during that battle but the antisemitism she faced since 2015 was "much, much higher".

"That really shook me," she said on a podcast with Sky News' Sophy Ridge. "It's because of social media... Two out of three was from the left. You've always had antisemitism on the extremes of the left.

"What's happened under Corbyn is that has been allowed to go, in a legitimate way, into the mainstream and that is truly shocking."

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