Labour MP receives vile anti-semitic messages

The Jewish Chronicle have reported that Luciana Berger MP and Louise Ellman MP have been subjected to anti-semitic tweets.

Following the conviction of Garron Helm, who sent anti-semitic messages to Berger on Twitter – last night she faced further verbal online abuse. Messages sent to Berger included one that used the ‘jude’ – which in German means Jew. Another read “Only two places for Jews. The desert or in hell with their father the devil. #ExpelLucianaBerger”

Berger has not responded to these messages. But a number of Labour MPs and senior party staff have come out in her defence. Chuka Umunna, sent the following tweet offering his support:

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Stewart Wood, adviser to Ed Miliband and Labour peer offered a similar message:

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