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Local MPs have been sending letters through the doors of Europeans living in Britain’s starting with the line “as someone from an EU member state” suggesting they are targeting non-Britons. In a letter sent by Labour MP Neil Coyle in Bermondsey and Old Southwark, he tells recipients the local elections will offer a chance to “send a clear message to Theresa May” on her “disastrous Brexit policy”. EU citizens living in Britain were not allowed to vote in the momentous EU referendum or general election, but will be able to have their say in the local elections. A party source told The Times this particular strategy would be used across houses in London, where 59.9 per cent of people voted to Remain in the Brussels club.

GETTY Labour has been accused of weaponising Brexit

The Labour Party is a divisive party that sets people against each other with a hierarchy of victimhood

Brexiteers blasted the move and accused Mr Corbyn’s party of attempting to divide the nation. A Tory source told the newspaper that the stance was a desperate attempt to “weaponise” Brexit and would create further divisions. Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: “Labour has spent most of their time since the referendum trying to undermine the British negotiating position with the European Union. “This shows the Labour Party is a divisive party that sets people against each other with a hierarchy of victimhood and it’s clear that they trying to create more ‘victims’ our of ‘hard-pressed EU nationals.

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“Over three million EU citizens will probably decide to make their future in the UK. I wish the Labour Party had confidence in Britain.” But Labour MP Mr Coyle insisted Labour Party bosses were not involved in his letter. Mr Coyle said: "My letter was drawn up locally, there has been no material or guidance from London Labour or anywhere else. "The only 'victims' Bridgen is interested in are the massive Tory losers he fears in May's local elections. "He and the Brexit brigade have given up pretending their one policy dream is good for London or Londoners and are seeking any old excuse for the thrashing they are already trying to find excuses for." It comes after London Mayor, Sadiq Khan issued a media release last week urging the 1.1million EU citizens living in the capital to vote in the local elections. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn this week called for “full tariff-free” access the EU customs union as he set out his plans for post-Brexit Britain in a major speech in Coventry. He accused the Tories of leaving the country "in the dark" and failing to "agree among themselves".

GETTY Neil Coyle sent the letters to his constituents in London