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Sir Keir Starmer has defended Labour's decision to suspend Jeremy Corbyn from the party after the former leader's reaction to a report on anti-Semitism.
The UK's human rights watchdog says Labour broke the law by failing to stamp out anti-Jewish racism in its ranks when Mr Corbyn was leader.
Mr Corbyn said the scale of Labour anti-Semitism had been "dramatically overstated" by his opponents.
This comment prompted Labour to suspend Mr Corbyn from the party.
The unprecedented move was defended by Sir Keir - who took over as leader from Mr Corbyn six months ago - as the "right" thing to do.
He also said there was no reason for the party to descend into "civil war" over it.
General secretary of the Unite union, Len McCluskey, called it "an act of grave injustice which, if not reversed, will create chaos within the party and in doing so compromise Labour's chances of a general election victory".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54742096
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I think 'civil war' is a safe bet now.