Tom Watson urges Corbyn to get a grip of Labour 'crisis'

Deputy challenges leader to tackle antisemitism and reach out to MPs on party’s right

Labour’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, has directly challenged Jeremy Corbyn to address what he called “a crisis for the soul of the Labour party”, or risk many more defections to the Independent Group in the days ahead.

In a forthright interview on the BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show, Watson urged Corbyn to take personal leadership of efforts to tackle antisemitism in his party and to reach out to MPs from the social democratic tradition.

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