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Former city council leader Colin Inglis is quitting Labour after nearly 44 years in protest over the party's stance on Brexit .

In a letter to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, he says he has cancelled his membership of the party he joined as a 17-year-old.

Mr Inglis, who retired as a councillor last week, campaigned to remain in the European Union during the 2016 referendum.

In the letter, he said: "My view of the (Labour) front bench approach to Brexit has only hardened as the months have passed.

"Frankly, the fantasy of building socialism in one country is absolutely not worth abandoning our commitment to the most socially progressive social, economic and political experiment humankind has ever engaged in.

"I am not the sort of member you should be losing but you're about to lose me.

"I have cancelled my direct debit and at the end of the month shall cease to be a member, something I greatly regret but sadly see no principled alternative to.

"The latest shenanigans from the Commons front bench trying to order Labour members in the Lords not to represent what they thought was the best interests of the country and indeed the majority views by some margin of Labour Party members, is the final straw."

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