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Second Corbyn critic under disciplinary threat from Labour

Ian Austin, who has demanded more action over antisemitism, receives warning from party

July 29, 2018 09:57
Ian Austin
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The row over antisemitism in Labour continues to boil as it emerged over the weekend that a second MP critical of the leadership’s handling of the issue has been threatened with disciplinary action by the party.

Ian Austin, the MP for Dudley North and a supporter of Labour Friends of Israel, has been accused of “abusive conduct” after a confrontation with the party’s chairman Ian Lavery the week before last, the Observer reported.

The JC exclusively revealed their confrontation last week.

A similar disciplinary threat had already been made against Dame Margaret Hodge, MP for Barking, for calling Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn “a racist and an anti-Semite” after the party’s national executive committee  defied a majority of its MPs and refused to adopt the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism.