Corbyn supporter claims Labour leader suffers 'abuse reserved for black people' from enemies out to 'destroy him'

  • Shadow Minister Kate Osamor said Jeremy Corbyn’s Left-wing allies had to ‘get dirty and ugly’ to hit back
  • It was shocking that a ‘white man’ had been treated so badly, she said
  • Ms Osamor called for urgent action to secure Labour leader’s control of party over moderate rebels

Shadow Minister Kate Osamor (above) claimed that Jeremy Corbyn has suffered the kind of abuse from Labour foes usually reserved for black people

Shadow Minister Kate Osamor (above) claimed that Jeremy Corbyn has suffered the kind of abuse from Labour foes usually reserved for black people

Jeremy Corbyn has suffered the kind of abuse from Labour foes usually reserved for black people, one of his supporters has claimed.

Shadow Minister Kate Osamor said Mr Corbyn’s Left-wing allies had to ‘get dirty and ugly’ to hit back at ‘brutal’ Labour enemies out to destroy him.

It was shocking that a ‘white man’ had been treated so badly, she said – and harder to counter than attacks routinely dealt out to ‘a man of colour’ by ‘the system’.

Ms Osamor called for urgent action to secure the Labour leader’s control of the party over moderate rebels when she addressed a rally in London on Friday. 

Acknowledging her remark would stir controversy, she said. ‘I couldn’t believe that, and I’m going to say this, as a white man, he’s been treated the way he has been treated.

‘If he was a man of colour, the way the system has attacked people of colour, I would have accepted that and said, “This is what happens.” I know how to defend that person.

‘But for someone like Jeremy to be attacked in the way he was, it was brutal.’

Ms Osamor said Mr Corbyn¿s Left-wing allies had to ¿get dirty and ugly¿ to hit back at ¿brutal¿ Labour enemies out to destroy him

Ms Osamor said Mr Corbyn’s Left-wing allies had to ‘get dirty and ugly’ to hit back at ‘brutal’ Labour enemies out to destroy him