UK police hunting Corbyn supporter over death threat to Jewish MP

1 September 2016, 9:09 pm

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British counter-terrorism police are searching for a supporter of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn who threatened to hang Jewish MP Ruth Smeeth.

The Sun tabloid says it has seen the Facebook message the unnamed man left for the parliamentarian, and reports that it concludes with the sentence: “Ruth Smeeth is British and from my perspective since treason is still a capital offence in Britain, the gallows would be a fine and fitting place for this Dyke piece of Yid s*** to swing from.”

British Jewish Labour MP Ruth Smeeth walks out of the launch of the party's anti-Semitism report in London on June 30, 2016, after a Jeremy Corbyn supporter accuses her of controlling the media (screen capture: YouTube) — British Jewish Labour MP Ruth Smeeth walks out of the launch of the party’s anti-Semitism report in London on June 30, 2016, after a Jeremy Corbyn supporter accuses her of controlling the media (screen capture: YouTube)

Smeeth, who is now under special police protection, tells the Sun: “I very much hold Jeremy personally responsible.”

In June, the MP stormed out of a London event to unveil the controversial findings of Labour’s inquiry into anti-Semitism in the party, after a Corbyn supporter accused her of controlling the media.