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Owen Smith fan flings obscenities at CLP meeting

A SUPPORTER of Owen Smith shouted obscenities at Labour activists who voted to support Jeremy Corbyn at a local party nominations meeting this week.

The incident took place on Thursday evening at a meeting of the Barrow and Furness Constituency Labour Party to decide which candidate to nominate in the leadership contest.

Local members voted by 100 to 37 in favour of supporting Mr Corbyn’s re-election campaign.

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