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Watch: Barry Gardiner gets angry over anti-Semitism question

Jeremy Corbyn is desperate to move on from talk of his mauling at the hands of Andrew Neil last night but some journalists still won’t play by the Labour script. At a Labour event this morning, two reporters asked questions about anti-Semitism. It’s safe to say it didn’t go down well with shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner, who accused the reporter of ‘having a dig’ at the leader:

‘Do you have a question on the issue we are actually discussing today or was that an opportune moment to get a dig in about something else?’

Oh dear…

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