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Labour MP David Lammy received a letter inviting him to join UKIP so that he can “sort out that s*** hole Tottenham”, his constituency, with the party.

Mr Lammy shared an image of the letter, which had the handwritten and profane message at the top, on Twitter today.

He said that though he believed in “building bridges” he was surprised by the latest piece of hate mail he has received, which was dated September 21.

A handwritten scrawl at its top said: “David, you should sort out that s*** hole Tottenham, join UKIP, will do it together.”

In response, Mr Lammy, who has been the MP for Tottenham since 2000, wrote: “I believe in building bridges, but I certainly didn't expect to receive an invitation to join UKIP this morning.”

This was followed up by stating that perhaps the derogatory description of Tottenham was what resulted in the UK Independence Party struggled to gain votes in the area previously.

“P.s. maybe referring to the good people of Tottenham's home as a "shit hole" is why your divisive, xenophobic party got only 0.9% of the vote here in 2017,” he added.

The letter stated that the standard subscription to be part of the political group was £30 per annum.

It appeared to be a resent letter of a message to an existing party member asking for them to update their membership.

Some slated the letter and took issue with the use of grammar in it.

One wrote: “A tree had to die to produce that letter.”

Others, though perhaps rejecting the sentiments of UKIP, said they agreed that Tottenham was a “s*** hole”.

Another said: “As somebody who lives in Tottenham with their wife and young child, I can safely say that Tottenham is completely not as you have described. It's actually a wonderful place to live full of friendly people and lovely green space.”