Jeremy Corbyn has insisted he “learnt a lot” by attending an event hosted by a far-Left Jewish group which has called for the destruction of Israel.

The Labour leader was accused by some of his own MPs of acting "irresponsibly and dangerously" after he was photographed at a Passover Seder hosted by Jewdas, a satirical group which is highly critical of mainstream Jewish organisations and has dismissed the anti-Semitism row engulfing the Labour Party as “faux-outrage”.

The group has described Israel as a “steaming pile of sewage which needs to be properly disposed of” and last week attacked the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council’s response to the Labour anti-Semitism scandal as “playing a dangerous game with people’s lives”.

Mr Corbyn said the event was “very interesting”, telling the BBC: “It was a Seder event which is a celebration of Passover.

“I celebrate it with a lot of young Jewish people from my own community and my own constituency.

“It was very interesting talking to a lot of young people about their experiences in modern Britain and I learnt a lot - isn't that a good thing?”