Today: Joan Ryan quits

this morning (wednesday 20th), 7.02-7.04am, 7.09-7.17am, 8.02-8.04am, and 8.56-8.59am, on bbc radio 4

today (presented by martha kearney and john humphrys) includes …

“I have been appalled and angered to see the Labour leadership’s dereliction of duty on this issue – the words of the latest MP to leave her party – Joan Ryan was talking about anti-semitism.”

including contributions from …
• bbc reporter jonathan blake
• joan ryan mp
• bbc reporter norman smith
• journalist and activist michael segalov

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W@1/PM/6ocn: Carry on regardless?

this afternoon (tuesday 19th), 1.02-1.04pm, 1.24-1.28pm, 5.34-5.39pm, and 6.08-6.12pm, on bbc radio 4
world at one (presented by edward stourton), pm, and six o’clock news include …

“Jeremy Corbyn has responded and says he regrets the resignations, John McDonnell said the party needs to listen, to be in listening mode, to be sure that the trend dosn’t go much further. But it hasn’t altogether gone to plan, because one of the party’s MPs, Ruth George, has had to apologise today for suggesting that the seven MPs may have been funded by the state of Israel.”

including contributions from …
• bbc reporter norman smith
• john mcdonnell mp
• journalist stephen bush, new statesman
• mary cray mp
• margaret hodge mp

Newsnight: Carry on regardless?

yesterday evening (monday 18th), 10.46-11.07pm, and 11.23-11.28pm, on bbc 2 tv
newsnight (presented by kirsty wark) leads with …

“After seven Labour MPs resign the whip to sit as independents, Kirsty Wark asks if the UK is witnessing the beginnings of a new political force, and whether Jeremy Corbyn will respond to the challenge or carry on regardless?”

including contributions from …
• bbc reporter nicholas watt
• luciana berger mp
• mike gapes mp
• angela smith mp
• chuka umunna mp
• gavin shuker mp
• john mcdonnell mp
• ian murray mp
• angela rayner mp
• siobhain mcdonagh mp
• chris leslie mp
• lloyd russell-moyle mp
• journalist matthew parris

Twt: Labour MPs quit

yesterday evening (monday 18th), 10.01-10.02pm, and 10.07-10.27pm, on bbc radio 4
the world tonight (presented by razia iqbal) leads with …

“Seven Labour MPS resigned from a party some of them had been in for decades, openly criticised the leader Jeremy Corbyn, and called for a movement to champion a brand new more centrist politics.”

including contributions from …
• bbc reporter chris mason
• john mcdonnell mp
• len mccluskey of unite
• neil coyle mp
• mike gapes mp
• bbc reporter paul moss
• jacqui burnett, labour councillor, luton
• markus keaney, labour chair, luton south
• journalist stewart carr, luton news
• ayesha hazarika, former labour advisor
• journalist philip collins, former speech-writer for tony blair

Newshour/PM/6ocn: Labour MPs quit

this afternoon (monday 18th), 2.36-2.40pm on bbc world service radio, and 5.16-5.30pm, 6.05-6.15pm, and 6.28-6.30pm, on bbc radio 4
newshour (presented by paul henley) and pm and six o’clock news (partly repeated on midnight news) include …

“Seven MPs for Britain’s Labour opposition have resigned from the party in protest over leader Jeremy Corbyn’s approach to Brexit and anti-Semitism.”

including contributions from …
• chris leslie mp
• bbc reporter rob watson
• luciana berger mp
• janet mobbs of stockport momentum
• charlie stewart, labour chair, stockport
• martin jameson, former stockport labour member
• ann coffey mp
• angela rayner mp
• mike gapes mp
• bbc reporter norman smith
• angela smith mp
• mike gapes mp
• chuka umunna mp
• bbc reporter alex forsyth
• john mcdonnell mp
• lord david blunkett
• vince cable mp
• bbc reporter john pienaar
• markus keaney, labour chair, luton south
• bbc reporter laura kuenssberg

W@1: Labour MPs quit

this afternoon (monday 18th), 1.00-1.05pm, and 1.08-1.45pm, on bbc radio 4
world at one (presented by edward stourton) is almost entirely devoted to …

“Seven Labour MPs announce they are quitting the party.”

including contributions from …
• bbc reporter norman smith
• luciana berger mp
• gavin shuker mp
• angela smith mp
• mike gapes mp
• ann coffey mp
• chuka umunna mp
• graham stringer mp
• lord david blunkett
• len mccluskey of unite
• chris leslie mp
• john healey mp
• jon lansman of momentum
• baroness shirley williams
• professor john curtice, strathclyde university
• journalist stephen bush, new statesman

McDonnell on anti-semitism

yesterday morning (sunday 17th), 10.55-10.57am, on bbc 1 tv
the andrew marr show includes …

“Has Labour got a no-tolerance for anti-semitism policy? The reason I ask that is we’ve now seen the figures, 146 cases of anti-semitism in the Labour Party has got a written warning response, that’s 146 examples of tolerance, surely?”

including interview with …
• john mcdonell mp