Gloria De Piero, MP for Ashfield, said there was a lack of tolerance in Labour

A Labour MP quit Jeremy Corbyn’s frontbench last night and announced that she would stand down at the next election, attacking a lack of tolerance in her party.

Gloria De Piero, a shadow justice minister, said that she found it “utterly offensive” when Labour MPs were called right-wing, telling members in her Ashfield constituency: “The lack of tolerance for different viewpoints in the Labour Party frankly worries me.

“We have to have respect for each other, even if we disagree, because we are all part of this party.”

In what will be seen as a thinly veiled swipe at Mr Corbyn’s supporters she added: “This party is about a set of values not any individual and we would all do well to remember that.”

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