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Labour MP branded a 'disgrace' for saying Dame Margaret Hodge pursuing 'vendetta' against Jeremy Corbyn

Lloyd Russell-Moyle is accused of seeking to 'dismiss widespread concerns about Labour’s Peterborough candidate'

June 11, 2019 16:01
Dame Margaret Hodge
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A Labour MP has been branded a "disgrace" for suggesting veteran Jewish MP Dame Margaret Hodge's motive for criticising the party’s new Peterborough MP over alleged antisemitism was a decades-old “vendetta” against Jeremy Corbyn.

Lloyd Russell-Moyle accused Dame Margaret of having "dedicated her time to undermine" Mr Corbyn since his election to represent Islinton North in 1983, adding she wanted to bring "more neo-liberalism and austerity on our country".

In a series of tweets, Mr Russell-Moyle tried to berate Dame Margaret for her angry words at Monday night’s meeting of Labour MPs, where she criticised the selection of Lisa Forbes – who has been accused of antisemitism – as the party’s candidate.

Mr Russell-Moyle wrote on Twitter: "Hodge is out of touch modern Britain. She attacks newly elected colleagues for no reason (even after heartfelt apologies), she wants to roll out more neo-liberalism and austerity on our country.