A FORMER chair of Scottish Labour has said he will not vote Labour again unless it deals with its “anti-Semitism problem”.
Jamie Glackin, who previously warned Labour is facing terminal decline in Scotland after its disastrous European elections result, said he could live with being "purged" from the party.
It came after veteran MP Dame Louise Ellman quit Labour and accused Jeremy Corbyn of being a danger to Britain.
Dame Louise, 73, who is Jewish, said she had been "deeply troubled" by the "growth of anti-Semitism" in Labour in recent years.
Writing on Twitter, Mr Glackin said: “I’m a Labour man. Everybody knows that.
“But I won’t be voting Labour again until the anti-Semitism problem is sorted. And if that gets me purged then I can live with that.”
Blair McDougall, a former director of strategy and candidate for Scottish Labour, also said Dame Louise’s resignation was “an appalling indictment of what Labour has become”.
He tweeted: “I look forward to every Labour member replying to her resignation statement with celebratory gifs f**king off back to whatever racist Stalinist sect they crawled out of.”
Dame Louise said her decision to leave the Labour Party after 55 years was “truly agonising”, adding: "I can no longer advocate voting Labour when it risks Corbyn becoming PM."
The Liverpool Riverside MP said: "I believe that Jeremy Corbyn is not fit to serve as our Prime Minister. With a looming general election and the possibility of him becoming Prime Minister, I feel I have to take a stand."
She told The Times that if he became prime minister "I believe that Jeremy Corbyn would be a danger to the country, a danger to the Jewish community as well, but a danger to the country too".
In a statement, Dame Louise said she felt Labour was not a safe place for Jewish people.
She said: "Under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, anti-Semitism has become mainstream in the Labour Party. Jewish members have been bullied, abused and driven out.
"The Labour Party is no longer a safe place for Jews and Jeremy Corbyn must bear the responsibility for this.
"We cannot allow him to do to the country what he has done to the Labour Party.
"The overwhelming majority of the Jewish community is fearful of what a Corbyn government might mean for Britain's Jews. I share those concerns.
"But this issue is not simply about the Jewish community. This is about the nature of our society.
"Jeremy Corbyn's seeming tolerance of anti-Semitism would embolden racists, poison our public debate and damage the social cohesion of our country.
"My values - traditional Labour values - have remained the same. It is Labour, under Jeremy Corbyn, that has changed.
"He has presided over a culture of hatred, fear and intolerance in the Labour Party.
"But this issue is no longer just about the Labour Party - it is about the threat a Jeremy Corbyn premiership could pose to the country."
Dame Louise said she would not join another political party and hoped to return to Labour under a different leadership.
The MP had been due this week to face so-called "trigger" ballots which had the potential to lead to her deselection as a candidate at the next election.
A Labour Party spokesperson said: "Jeremy Corbyn thanks Louise Ellman for her service to the Labour Party over many years.
"Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party are fully committed to the support, defence and celebration of the Jewish community and continue to take robust action to root out anti-Semitism in the party and wider society.
"Jeremy Corbyn has consistently supported struggles for human rights and justice around the world and made the right calls in the interests of security and peace."
Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s former communications chief, was expelled from the Labour Party in May after saying he voted for the Liberal Democrats in the European elections.
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