Labour supporter expelled from the party for saying they wanted to ‘cut Tony Blair’s eyes out and set him on fire’
The person was just one of many kicked out for making threats against centrist figures
A LABOUR supporter was expelled from the party for saying they wanted “cut Tony Blair's eyes out and set him on fire".
The person was just one of many kicked out for making threats against centrist figures or calling them traitors by their compliance unit.
A leaked document details the expulsions of those who wanted to vote in the Labour leadership contest, including those who admitted they voted Ukip or supported the Greens in the past.
The reports how others were booted for making racist and sexist comments, including one person who accused Jews of "owning the media" and used the word "Zio", which was outlawed by Labour after being judged anti-Semitic in a report by Shami Chakrabarti.
The details emerged after shadow chancellor John McDonnell complained of a "rigged purge" of supporters of Jeremy Corbyn, who he suggested were being excluded without explanation from voting in his leadership contest with Owen Smith.
The newspaper also quoted an unnamed source close to Labour's ruling National Executive Committee saying that many exclusions resulted from "offensive, nasty and often vile" comments.
They added: "It demeans the Labour Party and this leadership process for people to make false claims that they have been denied a vote for superficial or petty reasons."
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One of the expelled members branded former shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn "scum" and called for all MPs who resigned from Mr Corbyn's shadow cabinet to be deselected as candidates for the next election, the document said.
Meanwhile, Mr McDonnell indicated that the Labour leadership was talking to some of the 172 MPs who voted no confidence in Mr Corbyn in June about how they can "come back and work together" following the conclusion of the leadership contest on September 24.
According to , Mr McDonnell told a rally in London that rebel MPs might be encouraged to toe the line by their Corbyn-backing constituency parties.
In comments which may be seen as a veiled reference to reselection, Mr McDonnell reportedly said: "When you look at the constituency nominations, large numbers of those who voted no confidence, their constituencies nominated Jeremy.
"They are going back to engage in a dialogue with members to talk about how they work together in future. That will generate co-operation at a national level."
A Labour spokeswoman said the party would not comment on leaked documents.