an ally ofjeremy corbyn has accused the veteran labour mp frank field of making "grotesque slurs", after he resigned from the parliamentary party because of leadership's stance on anti—semitism. meanwhile in article in his local paper, mr field urges the labour leadership to end what he calls its "racist toleration of anti—semitism". here's our political correspondent, tom barton. while things may have looked friendly, frank field and jeremy corbyn were never close political allies. and now they're even further. writing in his local paper, the liverpool echo, frank field said what he called labour's blatantly racist toleration of anti—semitism must cease. and he said the party must recognise the culture of intolerance, nastiness and intimidation that it has allowed to grow. that culture, he said, is present among labour activists in his own birkenhead constituency, who recently passed a vote of no confidence in him.