Corbyn activists axe youth wing over vile internet slurs

LABOUR’S hard-Left Momentum group has disowned its own youth wing after members posted a slew of vile and controversial messages online.

Chairman Jon Lansman said its group for activists under 30 had brought the movement into ‘disrepute’.

In posts on Twitter and Facebook, Momentum Youth and Students (MYS) supported the lynching of Tories, mocked the death of Princess Diana and celebrated the Russian revolution. At the group’s annual conference, supporters demanded that Labour and the trade unions organise illegal strikes to bring down the Government.

Members of the youth wing also called for the UK to withdraw from Nato, defended anti-semitism, praised Marxism – and argued that bakery chain Greggs should be nationalised.

Momentum, which grew as Jeremy Corbyn ran for Labour leader, yesterday severed its ties with its youth wing.

In an email headed ‘Dear Comrades’, Mr Lansman accused the group of acting without authorisation from its leaders.

He added: ‘Social media accounts have been used in ways which have brought Momentum into disrepute.’

The London branch of MYS has repeatedly posted controversial messages online, including retweeting a picture of abanner daubed with ‘Hang the Tories’.

In a blog post last night, former members of the MYS committee said the group had descended into ‘personal vindictiveness’.