in a letter to mr watson, sent to every labour mp and peer, jennie formby said...e the work labour's staff are doing to deal with complaints. for labour, agreeing on how to tackle anti—semitism is proving farfrom simple. 0ur political correspondent, tom barton is here with me. it is immensely confusing to the public eye thing. is labour getting on top of this or isn't it? the party would say, jennie formby said in her letter yesterday that there very much arthur. they have put in new processes to make sure that everything is being dealt with —— they very much are. they have recently started publishing statistics on the number of the place they received what the outcome is those complaints, and yet another very seniorfigure in is those complaints, and yet another very senior figure in the labour party tom watson, the deputy ‘s leader, second most senior elected politician, thinks they are not doing enough. he doesn't trust the process which is right he wrote to mps and peers asking them to essentially copy him in —— which is why. as he put it, he could log and monit

in a letter to mr watson, sent to every labour mp and peer, jennie formby said...undermine the work labour's staff are doing to deal with complaints. for labour, agreeing on how to tackle anti—semitism is proving far from simple. 0ur political correspondent, tom barton is here with me. just explain what is going on... why don't they just why don't theyjust pick up the phone and talk to each other quietly? well, it is extraordinary, isn't it, that this conversation is happening so publicly, both tom watson and jennie formby sending these letters to all of labour's mp pugh, all of labour's members of the house of lords. it shows just how fraught the atmosphere is at the top of the labour party at the moment, particularly around the issue of anti—semitism. tom watson responded to the letter last night. he doubled down, saying the delay in the pa rty‘s down, saying the delay in the party's complaints process had led toa party's complaints process had led to a complete loss of trust. i think it is hard to think of other occasions where rows like this, of course they hap

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in a letter to mr watson, sent to every labour mp and peer, jennie formby said...d undermine the work labour's staff are doing to deal with complaints. for labour, agreeing on how to tackle anti—semitism is proving far from simple. our political correspondent, tom barton is here with me. just explain what is going on. how rare is this, for this row to be playing out in public? rows like this, particularly in the top level of politics, happen all the time. they don't very often happen in quite such a public way. tom watson, senior figure, quite such a public way. tom watson, seniorfigure, the quite such a public way. tom watson, senior figure, the second seniorfigure, the second most senior elected politician in the labour party, jeremy corbyn‘s deputy, sending this e—mail, to all mps, all members of the house of lords, and labour members of the house of lords, essentially being very critical of the party's complaints process around anti—semitism, by implication of course, criticism ofjennie formby, the general secretary. she then responds, sending an e—mail to him,

in a letter to mr watson, sent to every labour mp and peer, jennie formby said...k labour's staff are doing to deal with complaints. for labour, agreeing on how to tackle anti—semitism is proving far from simple. the veteran us senator, bernie sanders, has launched his bid to topple donald trump in the 2020 us presidential election. he's been speaking at a rally in brooklyn, new york. the 77—year—old is amongst the favourites to secure the democratic nomination after falling at the final hurdle to hillary clinton in 2016. in what he's called a political revolution, he's campaigning for policies such as medicare—for—all and a $15—an—hour minimum wage. and i want to thank all of you for being part of a campaign which is not only going to win the democratic nomination... cheering ..which is not only going to defeat donald trump... cheering ..who is the most dangerous president in modern american history. but with your help, we are going to transform this country, and finally create an economy and a government which works for all of us, notjust the i%. there's been a f

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well, now tom watson has responded tojennie well, now tom watson has responded to jennie formby, sayingponded tojennie formby, saying that opacity and delay in the party's process has led to a complete loss of trust. now, it is, naga, very, very rare for i’ows of trust. now, it is, naga, very, very rare for rows like this to happen in quite such a public way, and it shows just how tense it is inside the party at the moment. and it shows just how tense it is inside the party at the momentm really does, tom, and we haven't heard much from jeremy corbyn in reaction to this, but do you think this is just highlighting the tensions between the leader, the deputy leader, and the splits in the party? well, yes, and of course the tensions betweenjeremy corbyn and tom watson, they have been pretty public in recent weeks. tom watson referring to the decision of a jewish mp to leave the party because of the anti—semitism issue, which is a terrible loss. and the interesting thing here is that tom watson, like jeremy corbyn, is a directly —— is directly elected by the party's membership, which essent

reveals, according to the observer, that officials acting on behalf of the newly general secretary, jennie formby suspend several members and another case, jeremy corbyn adviser argued for more leniency to a member who had defended the anti—semitic mule that caused such controversy. had defended the anti—semitic mule that caused such controversym had defended the anti—semitic mule that caused such controversy. it is the trust issue, who do you trust to sort this out? trust and perception. —— mural. also, there is the sense thatjeremy —— mural. also, there is the sense that jeremy corbyn did not get to grips it quickly enough. i think that they struggle with their language over israel because they tend to be pro— palestinian. i do not think the leadership is anti—semitic, but it strays into anti—semitism once you start backing the palestinian cause. the other story on the observer, our facebook tried to block new data laws targeting politicians all around the world. and apparently, according to the observer, facebook is targeting george osborne, and the idea is they are lobbying because they are t

it is a year ago that jennie you've got this absolute nonsense. it is a year ago thatjennie formbye observer have seen go over the period march to may. but, you know, they were already building up by the time she came into post. and they still haven't been dealt with and i think that is the problem. this is immediately after jeremy corbyn promised to do something about it. so why was jennie formby, even though she had onlyjust taken up her post, still saying we should be lenient or opposing recommendations for action? let's stay with the observer and look at this other story, how facebook tried to block a new data laws. we know the social media giants are facing growing calls for there to be some sort of regulation because self—regulation in many people's i haven't worked. exactly. it is not really surprising, this story, is it? that facebook has targeted for politicians across the globe, including former chancellor george osborne, with promise of investment and various incentives to try and pressure them and lobby them against data privacy legislation. now, facebook are rapidly be

the party's general secretary, jennie formby has criticised the deputy leader, tom watson, for askingave lost confidence in the existing system for handling allegations. a 17—year old girl has died after being stabbed in a park in east london. police were called to the harold hill area yesterday evening around 9pm. an investigation has been launched. no arrests have been made. the son of former al-qaeda leader osama bin laden has been stripped of his saudi arabian citizenship. it comes a day after the united states offered a 1—million dollar reward for information on the whereabouts of hamza bin laden. it's believed he is now the leader of the terror organisation, which is blamed for carrying out the september 11th attacks. there's been a big rise in the number of people receiving calls from scammers pretending to work at the tax office. hm revenue and customs said it had received 60,000 reports of phone scams in the last six months of 2018 — a rise of 360 percent compared to the six months before. people are being warned to be vigilant to the fraud, which is targeting mainly landline

the party‘s general secretary jennie formby accused him of uncacceptable behaviour.bour friends of israel. let‘s talk to dame louise ellman mp. good morning to you. why haven‘t you left the labour party at? i'm struggling. i believe in the values of the labour party. i have been a memberfor of the labour party. i have been a member for many years, of the labour party. i have been a memberfor many years, an of the labour party. i have been a member for many years, an elected representative for nearly 50 years now, so i don‘t want to go. but i am deeply uncomfortable in the way in which anti—semitism is now defining the labour party. but i have decided i‘m going to stay and fight for this from within the labour party, and i‘m very encouraged by the support of so many labour mps who overwhelmingly support that fight. i‘m encouraged by tom watson‘s intervention, because he is showing that there are people right at the top of the labour party who abhor the anti—semitism, the hatred towards jewish people, the anti—semitism, the hatred towardsjewish people, that we are now

the party's general secretary, jennie formby has accused the deputy leader, tom watson, of undermining attempts to deal with complaints. our political correspondent, tom barton is in our london newsroom to tell us more. this is a very public, another extraordinary clash, isn't it, tom? it is absolutely extraordinary. just remind you of the issue. in the last few weeks we have seen nine labour mps leave the party, blaming in part at least the leadership was handling of anti—semitism. the last few days we have seen corbyn ally chris williamson is suspended from the party for saying it had been too apologetic on the issue. marathon there is an extraordinary public row between two of labour's bigby ‘s. we have tom watson, most senior elected official in the labour party after corbyn. he wrote a letter to say to include him in any complaints about anti—semitism sent to the party so he says he could log and monitor how they deal with the complaint. now they deal with the complaint. now the party bus market most senior employee be general secretaryjennie formby has written to tom watson, agai