The demonstration in support of Jeremy Corbyn is starting to dissipate, but Labour MPs have this evening been contacted by their whips to advise them on their personal safety as they leave Parliament after the late votes. They have been advised on what entrances are being kept open for their safety, and told that anyone who is worried should contact the Serjeant at Arms.
Labourites are particularly annoyed that their party’s whips have had to send this message to them given they confronted Jeremy Corbyn at the parliamentary Labour party meeting this evening over the behaviour of the grassroots group Momentum. Ian Murray received a big cheer for telling him to ‘call off the dogs’, and Jess Phillips also accused Momentum of stirring up anti-Zionist sentiment. MPs are annoyed that Corbyn, John McDonnell and Richard Burgon then left the meeting to address to crowd in Parliament Square, and ‘whipped them up into a frenzy’.
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