A Tory MP has been forced to delete a ‘libelous tweet’ that accused Jeremy Corbyn of selling ‘British secrets to Communist spies’ after the Labour leader had ‘instructed solicitors’ to act.

The potential legal action referred to a tweet sent out by the Tory MP for Mansfield that wrongly accused Corbyn of selling ‘British secrets to Communist spies’:

Mr Corbyn had been urged to take legal action against the Tory MP by numerous high profile journalists including Owen Jones and Abi Wilkinson.

https://twitter.com/AbiWilks/status/965602040650092544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fevolvepolitics.com%2Fjeremy-corbyn-urged-sue-tory-mp-accused-selling-british-secrets-communist-spies%2F

Jeremy Corbyn spokesperson: “Jeremy has instructed solicitors to contact Ben Bradley to delete his libelous tweet or face legal action.”

Time to withdraw @bbradleymp, or you’re getting dragged to court.

— Owen Jones🌹 (@OwenJones84) February 19, 2018

Whilst the Conservative MP has now deleted the tweet, he has so far yet to issue either an apology or a retraction for the false allegations.

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