An MP who led the revolt against anti-Semitism in Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party has been branded a ‘Jew whore’ who should burn ‘in the ovens’.
Joan Ryan, who quit Labour last month in protest at the party’s ‘culture of anti-Semitism’, called in police after receiving two separate death threats in the wake of her defection.
One was an unstamped handwritten note delivered to Ms Ryan’s Commons office on a week ago on Friday which branded her a ‘****-sucking, Jewish c*** who defected to Israel’ who should be raped and ‘set on fire’.
Joean Ryan, pictured left with former Tory MP Heidi Allen, right, has been forced to call the police after receiving two separate death threats from Jeremy Corbyn supporters angry at her criticism of the Labour leader and his handling of the party's anti-Semitism problem
Former Labour MP Luciana Berger, pictured, also quit Labour as a result of the vile anti-Semitic abuse she was subject to
The other letter, received at the MP’s constituency office in North London on the day before, said: ‘Stop telling lies about Jeremy Corbyn – he is a decent man, you lying Jew whore. You need to be shoved right back in the ovens.’
Ms Ryan has also passed to Scotland Yard the registration number of a black car that was parked near her constituency office with three men inside. She fears they were placing her under surveillance.
Ms Ryan, 63, is not Jewish but has been an outspoken critic of the party’s handling of the anti-Semitism crisis.
She left Labour last month to join the new Independent Group in protest at Mr Corbyn’s failure to tackle the issue.
The Enfield North MP last night spoke of her shock at the threats and her fears for the safety of her staff. She said she had decided to make public the full nature of the ‘disgusting’ threats to highlight what MPs who campaign against anti-Semitism have to face – whether or not they are Jewish.
Ms Ryan said last night that police had taken fingerprints from both letters, given her and her staff security advice and were investigating the ownership of the suspicious car, which a local trader had alerted her to.
Labour MP Chris WIlliamson, pictured, lost the whip last week after he suggested 'dark forces' were working against a party activist who criticised Jewish MP Rush Smeeth
Fellow Labour defector Luciana Berger revealed yesterday that a former Labour party member even made threats against the life of her unborn child after she joined The Independent Group.
Ms Ryan is also awaiting the results of a police examination of Commons CCTV to discover who managed to place another menacing hand-delivered card in her office last September. The chilling note mentioned her forthcoming visit to Cyprus – sparking fears that it was placed by someone with access to her private diary.
When she resigned from Labour, Ms Ryan accused Mr Corbyn of having ‘presided over a culture of anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel’ and said that she ‘could not be part of a party that allows racism
