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Veteran MP quits Labour’s parliament faction, citing ‘anti-Semitism, nastiness’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBritish Labour MP Frank Field, who has served in parliament for the party since 1979, has resigned from the parliamentary party, saying its leaders have become “a force for anti-Semitism in British politics.”
Field writes in a resignation letter to chief party whip Nick Brown:”It saddens me to say that we are increasingly seen as a racist party.”
He also speaks of a growing “culture of nastiness, bullying, and intimidation.”
Field says he will remain in parliament as an independent, though it is not immediately clear whether he can do so.
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