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LAMMY FLOUNCES OUT
MP David Lammy grapples with Sun reporter and storms out of interview after we dared ask about anti-Semitism row at Labour Live festival
LABOUR'S David Lammy lost his rag today when questioned by The Sun about anti-Semitism in the party.
The campaigning MP grappled with our cameraman before storming off in a huff because he didn't want to talk about anti-Jewish bigots putting off attendees.
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Mr Lammy, 45, had given a speech to the sparse crowd at the Labour Live festival in North London - which has been widely mocked due to low ticket sales.
The event - dubbed Jezfest - featured a number of bands as well as political rants by Jeremy Corbyn and others.
The Sun Online interviewed Mr Lammy after he gave a speech on the festival's main stage.
He praised Labour Live - but then flew into a rage when asked if the party had done enough to tackle its anti-Semitism scandal.
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Mr Lammy reached towards our reporter, snarling: "That was a very, very, very brutal, mean thing to do.
"That was not the basis of the interview."
He then stormed away as a Labour staff member blocked our camera with her hand.
Mr Lammy, a veteran anti-racism campaigner, has previously called for the Labour leadership to take more action against activists who spread anti-Jewish bigotry.
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A Labour source said: "David's been a great campaigner on this issue - he was at the protest in Parliament Square.
"He just wasn't expecting the question."
The Sun Online has approached Mr Lammy and the Labour Party for comment.
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