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'I couldn't look dad in the eye if I stayed in Labour'

Ian Austin MP tells Newsnight he couldn't look his Jewish father in the eye if he remained in the Labour Party.

The Dudley North Labour MP resigned from the party over the leadership's failure to tackle anti-Semitism.

He tells Newsnight that former Labour Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, called him before he quit.

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