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Siobhain McDonagh astounded BBC host John Humphrys when she openly admitted that some “hard left” Labour politicians couldn’t help but be racist on BBC’s Today programme this morning. Mr Humphrys asked the former Labour whip: “You don’t believe the party is taking it properly seriously?” Stunningly, Ms McDonagh replied: “I’m not sure that some people in the Labour party can.

Reeling, the veteran radio host stuttered: “In other words, to be anti-capitalist you have to be antisemitic?”

“Because it’s very much part of their politics, of hard left politics, to be against capitalists and to see Jewish people as the financiers of capital.

She elucidated: “Not everybody but absolutely there’s a certain strand of it.

“And these people are not Labour - have never been Labour - but we now find them in our party.

"I believe that the Labour party has a very strong set of values related to how we see society should run and about being anti-racist which they cannot be part of."

Meanwhile, a man has been charged with assault after Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was egged during a visit to a north London mosque.

The Metropolitan Police said John Murphy, 31, from Barnet, was charged in the early hours of Monday morning and will appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on Tuesday March 19.

Murphy allegedly screamed "When you vote you get what you vote for" as he came from behind and smacked Mr Corbyn with an egg.