Leading Jewish Labour MP threatened with deselection

LUCIANA BERGER, a prominent Jewish MP, has been threatened with deselection by hard-left constituency members over her criticism of Jeremy Corbyn and his handling of Labour’s anti-semitism row.

It comes after the Liverpool Wavertree MP this week hit out at the Labour leadership over its failure to rid the party of anti-semites, warning that abuse directed at Jewish members was increasingly “going unchecked”.

In response, a number of activists in her constituency party have put forward no confidence motions, accusing Ms Berger of “continually using the media to criticise the man we all want to be prime minister”. The Daily Telegraph has learned that one of the signatories, Kenneth Campbell, is a far-left activist who has previously accused Ms Berger of being a “disruptive Zionist”.

Ms Berger has repeatedly been targeted by online trolls and last year required a police escort at Labour’s party conference after receiving death threats.

Calling on Jeremy Corbyn to intervene, Wes Streeting, Labour MP for Ilford North, said that Labour had a “moral responsibility” to look after Jewish members, and added: “People should be passing motions of solidarity, not motions of no confidence.”

Last night a Labour spokesman said: “Members have a right to hold their MPS to account but of course no one should be criticised for speaking out against anti-semitism.”