Mayor quits the Labour Party over its ‘march to fascism’ under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership

• Allan Barclay, mayor of Hartlepool, said Labour was a ‘party of anti-Semites’
• He accused Jeremy Corbyn of wanting British soldiers to be persecuted 
• A Labour source accused the mayor of being bitter about being deselected

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A mayor quit the Labour Party last night claiming it was ‘marching towards fascism’.

Allan Barclay, who is mayor of Hartlepool, said Labour had become a ‘party of anti-Semites, racists and homophobes’ under Jeremy Corbyn.

He accused the Labour leader of wanting British soldiers to be prosecuted as a result of their service to their country.

Allan Barclay, who is mayor of Hartlepool, said Labour had become a ‘party of anti-Semites, racists and homophobes’ under Jeremy Corbyn

Mr Barclay, 65, demanded Mr Corbyn’s resignation, saying it was the only way to make Labour respectable again.

He said he first became involved with Labour aged 14 and joined the party in the early 1990s after serving in the Royal Engineers for 24 years.

But Mr Barclay said in a resignation letter that he felt the Labour Party was now unrecognisable and had been infiltrated by people who did not hold its values. 

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A Labour source accused the mayor of being bitter about being deselected and said he was resigning before being forced to step down 

‘As an Armed Forces veteran I fear it is at a dark turning point and marching towards fascism at a steady pace,’ he said. ‘It has become the Nasty Party.’

A Labour source accused the mayor of being bitter about being deselected and said he was resigning before being forced to step down.

The insider added: ‘The letter is full of inaccuracies and inventions and no evidence is provided for his absurd and deeply offensive allegations.’ 

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