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Emma Dent Coad: Derogatory comments by Labour HQ staff made ‘my blood run cold’
Former Labour MP Emma Dent Coad

KENSINGTON’S former MP Emma Dent Coad told the Star today that abusive and misogynistic comments made by senior Labour staff aligned to the right of the party made her “blood run cold.”

She said that the “petty and vindictive” staff must be immediately suspended from the party and political positions.

As the Star reported on Monday, some senior management and HQ staff had joked about shooting and burning Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters, mocked Diane Abbott for crying in the toilets and insinuated Dawn Butler’s claims of racism in the party were untrue.

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