Labour MPs have hit out at abuse and threats of deselection being directed at some of their colleagues undecided over how to vote on airstrikes in Syria.
Stella Creasy, the Labour MP for Walthamstow, and Diana Johnson, MP for Hull North, were among the undecided members who received warnings from anti-war activists that their positions were vulnerable.
Creasy, whose office was targeted for an anti-war protest, complained of intimidation while considering how to vote. She posted on Facebook to highlight comments by a Walthamstow Labour councillor Asim Mahmood, who suggested that any MP who supported the “killing of innocents in this way should automatically go through a trigger ballot for reselection”.
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