Loach is an ally of Corbyn and made election broadcasts for him last year

He said MPs who attended anti-Semitism protest were guilty of 'dirty tricks'

Loach demanded the MPs be de-selected by the associations over the event

Left-wing film-maker Ken Loach has demanded that Labour MPs who demonstrated against anti-Semitism are kicked out of the party

Left-wing film-maker Ken Loach has demanded that Labour MPs who demonstrated against anti-Semitism are kicked out of the party.

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The Corbyn ally, who made Labour's campaign broadcasts before last year's election, said their support for a protest by Jewish leaders outside Parliament were 'dirty tricks'.

It came as Israel's Labour Party suspended relations with its British counterpart.

Mr Loach told a Labour event near Bristol that MPs on the 1,500-strong rally organised by the Board of Deputies of British Jews last month should be deselected.

He said Labour would not be able to govern 'if you've got two-thirds of Labour MPs undermining Jeremy Corbyn when he is prime minister', adding: 'Unless we get Labour MPs who believe in that manifesto last year we won't get in power.

'If they've been going to the demonstration against him outside Westminster... those are the ones we need to kick out.'

He added: 'You cannot work with people who have come to undermine the biggest challenge we've had - we've never had a leader like Corbyn before in the whole history of the Labour Party….and that's why the dirty tricks are going to come out.'

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Mr Loach went on to accuse the Israeli government of 'infiltrating and undermining the Labour left'.

He was speaking at a screening of his film 'I, Daniel Blake' organised by the Kingswood Constituency Labour Party.

His remarks come after Thangam Debbonaire, the MP for nearby Bristol West, was heckled at a meeting of her local constituency last Friday for attending the anti-Semitism demonstration.

Several Labour MPs attended the protest in Parliament Square last week (including Luciana Berger, pictured at the event) to say 'enough is enough'

The extraordinary protest saw several of Britain's largest Jewish groups unite to demand action from Jeremy Corbyn on Labour anti-Semitism

She faced criticism even after Mr Corbyn defended her earlier the week, saying: 'I have no problem with anyone attending demonstrations.' At least a dozen other Labour MPs had joined the rally.

Mr Loach and his production company made three of Labour's five broadcasts during last year's election campaign. Mr Corbyn has previously at Prime Minister's Questions called on Theresa May to watch 'I, Daniel Blake', a depiction of poverty in modern Britain.

Last night Mr Loach said he did not want MPs to be deselected based on one event and his earlier quotes 'do not reflect my position'.

He said: 'Re-selecting an MP should not be based on individual incidents but reflect the MP's principles, actions and behaviour over a long period. Being an MP is not a job for life.

'My view is that candidates should be selected for every election and party members should be able to make a democratic choice.'

Loacj is an ally of Jeremy Corbyn (pictured in Westminster yesterday) and made Labour's campaign broadcasts before last year's election

Israel's Labour party yesterday suspended relations with Mr Corbyn in the row over anti-Semitism. In a letter to the Labour leader, chairman Avi Gabbay said it was his responsibility to acknowledge the 'hostility' Mr Corbyn had shown to the Jewish community.

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The two parties have long-standing ties and Mr Gabbay pointed to 'warm relations' with Labour former prime ministers Harold Wilson, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

He added: 'It is my responsibility to acknowledge the hostility that you have shown to the Jewish community and the anti-Semitic statements and actions you have allowed as leader of the Labour Party UK.

'This is in addition to your very public hatred of the politics of the Government of the State of Israel, many of which regard the security of our citizens and actions of our soldiers - policies where the opposition and coalition in Israel are aligned.'

During a visit in north London, Mr Corbyn said the Israeli party should read Baroness Chakrabarti's report into tackling racism and anti-Semitism.

He told reporters: 'I wish they would read Shami Chakrabarti's report. I wish they would understand that we are utterly determined in every way to drive out anti-Semitism from our society. And, where it exists in any party, to drive it out, including my own.

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'I would be very happy to have that discussion with them. I think they should have done me the courtesy of asking me first.'