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Diane Abbott criticised for 'grave misjudgement' over her response to Commons antisemitism debate

Other MPs jeered as Ms Abbott ignored a question posed by a Jewish Labour MP

April 18, 2018 07:25
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Labour MPs have rounded on Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott accusing her of failing to address the concerns raised by MPs during her closing speech in Tuesday's antisemitism debate.

Louise Ellman accused Ms Abbott of making a "grave misjudgement" with her remarks in the Commons - while Labour colleague Wes Streeting said he feared the wider Jewish community would be “horrified by the response from our front bench to this debate today".

Anger mounted as Ms Abbott initially refused to give way to Leeds North West Labour MP Alex Sobel.

When he eventually was allowed to mention his recent experience of receiving antisemitic hate mail, Mr Sobel said: "Maybe she wasn’t aware that I was the only Jewish parliamentarian in the debate who wasn’t called to speak.”

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