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.

Ms Davies said: “The general election has brought into sharp focus profound disagreements with Labour nationally. 

“Those disagreements include Labour’s shameful failure to condemn Israel’s bombing campaign, and killing of civilians in Gaza.

“Labour’s treatment of my longstanding friend and comrade, Jeremy Corbyn, has added to my sense of alienation from the party.

“I hope that, even at this late stage, Labour will see sense and allow Diane Abbott, the first black woman MP, to be a Labour candidate in her seat of Hackney North and Stoke Newington.”