Labour's Ruth Smeeth brands own party 'racist' in furious Sky News interview

Labour’s Ruth Smeeth has branded her own party “racist” as she launched an extraordinary attack on Jeremy Corbyn and called for him to resign.

Ms Smith branded the projected election result for the party as a “disaster” as she faced losing her seat in Stoke-on-Trent North.

After the exit poll projected Labour would be hit with significant loses at the General Election, Ms Smeeth blamed Mr Corbyn and said he had made the party “the nasty party, the racist party”.

Ms Smeeth said she had "definitely lost" the seat she held since 2015 and called on Mr Corbyn to resign as the party faced a humiliating defeat on Thursday night.

"There is absolutely no justification for why he's still there," she said.

She has been critical of Mr Corbyn's handling of anti-Semitism allegations in the Labour party. She is a Remain supporter in an area which voted to Leave the EU.

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