have been the labour uncooperative member of parliament for ilford south.m sick and the labour party is now a racist and anti—semitic party and i am furious the labour party has been complicit in facilitating brexit which will cause great economic, social and political damage to our country. jeremy corbyn and those around him are on the wrong side on so many international issues. from russia, to syria, to venezuela. a corbyn labour government would threaten our national security and international alliances. threaten our national security and internationalalliances. now, threaten our national security and international alliances. now, this is personally very difficult for me. i've got lots of very good friends, locally, nationally and internationally, through the labour party. but i must be true to myself and my values. it has been a great privilege and honour to serve my fantastic constituents in ilford south for 27 years, and! constituents in ilford south for 27 years, and i intend to continue to represent them as a member of the new independent group. tha