Earlier today, Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign team issued a list of 13 Labour MPs, denouncing them for their “abuse” of the leader and his supporters. The briefing cited Jess Phillips telling Diane Abbott to “fuck off”, Tristram Hunt describing Labour as “in the shit”, Tom Watson referring to Momentum as “a rabble” and John Woodcock calling a Corbyn PMQs performance a “fucking disaster”,
Ian Austin, Neil Coyle, Ben Bradshaw, Frank Field, Anna Turley, Jamie Reed, Karl Turner, Stephen Kinnock and Tom Blenkinsop were also named in the list. Ahead of tonight’s Sky News debate between Corbyn and Owen Smith, a spokesman demanded that the challenger “condemn the abuse instigated by his high-profile supporters”. He said: “Owen Smith’s campaign has become increasingly negative, focusing on attacking Jeremy Corbyn rather than presenting a positive vision for the party and country.
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