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Former Labour minister David Lammy is being threatened with deselection by his local party after attending a rally against anti-Semitism.

Some Left-wing members of the Tottenham Labour Party claim the MP has “stabbed them in the back” by supporting the Jewish Board of Deputies’ demonstration outside Parliament over Labour’s alleged failure to deal with anti-Semitism.

The row broke out on the “Tottenham Labour Party Members Only” Facebook group, with a dozen members criticising Mr Lammy.

One said his presence at the demonstration was a sign he is critical of those “exercising freedom of speech in criticising Zionism”.

Another member wrote: “I want a candidate in the next election who wants Labour to win, not one who joins the extreme right wing attacks on the Labour movement. He can be triggered in December if we haven’t had an election by then.”

Some Labour members have criticised the Parliament Square protest as an unfair attack on party leader Jeremy Corbyn and not representative of the views of the wider Jewish community.

Mr Lammy, MP for Tottenham since 2000, tweeted from the demonstration that he was “standing with a minority community that I have stood in solidarity with all of my political life”.

He wrote: “I will march with you and support you calling out anti-Semitism wherever it is found.”

Ilford North Labour MP Wes Streeting, who backed the protest, has also been threatened with deselection online.

Mr Corbyn has apologised for the “anti-Semitism has surfaced within the Labour Party” and is seeking an “urgent meeting” with Jewish leaders to discuss their concerns.