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Liz Davies resigns from Labour over Gaza and Corbyn
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LEFT barrister Liz Davies resigned from Labour today citing the treatment of Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott as the end of the party’s broad church.

The former councillor in Islington also said she could not understand Labour’s failure to make abolishing the two-child benefit limit a priority in tackling poverty.

Ms Davies was selected as a prospective parliamentary candidate for Leeds North-East in 1995 but was not allowed to stand.

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