It has also caused outrage with comments following the Paris terror attacks suggesting the city had “reaped the whirlwind” for Western actions in the Middle East and comparing jihadists to the International Brigade volunteers who fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War.
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His comments will heighten fears among moderate Labour MPs that they could be targeted for de-selection by Mr Corbyn’s supporters, despite the leader’s insistence that he does not want to see MPs ousted. Two MPs have reported death threats to the police.
Sixty-six Labour MPs voted for the Conservative government’s motion to bomb Syria, including 11 members of the shadow cabinet.
She met residents on Sunday to explain her stance, and later tweeted: “Thank you Walthamstow for making time for today’s discussion on Syria – really appreciate you all taking time to meet in person!”
“We refute the claims that we are in anyway linked to the allegation of unacceptable treatment of our MP’s staff the day after our event”, they said in a statement.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has rejected calls by right-wing Labour MPs to distance himself from the Stop the War Coalition, of which he was once chairman.
Mr Hunt told BBC1’s Andrew Marr Show yesterday: “The Stop the War coalition picketed the Labour Party headquarters when we were trying to run a phone-bank for the Oldham by-election so they were preventing the election of a Labour Member of Parliament”.
The graffiti translates roughly as “I think Jeremy Corbyn would make a great world leader” and goes against the general consensus in the UK.
As a backbencher, Mr Corbyn famously introduced his “friends from Hamas and Hezbollah” militant groups at a Stop the War event.
Mr Livingstone, the former Mayor of London, said: “What’s so significant is we lost millions of votes to Ukip and the SNP; people who had always voted Labour”.
Among the key targets would be Hilary Benn, the shadow foreign secretary, whose rousing 15-minute speech in the House of Commons in favour of airstrikes was seen as having stiffened the resolve of MPs opposed to Corbyn’s resistance to bombing.
But a spokesman for Mr Corbyn made clear that he would ignore the demands, praising Stop the War’s record in opposing British military intervention saying its protests were “at the heart of democracy”. “For me and many others in the Labour party their conduct in recent weeks has brought them into disrepute, notably their comment after the Paris attacks and their veiled threats to harass MPs at their offices”, he said.
“The new leader was also elected with an overwhelming mandate on a political programme that seeks to take the party in a direction that reflects the current views of party members”, he wrote.
Mr Corbyn, who is the MP for Islington North, was seen singing away in the Nag’s Head shopping Centre on Holloway Road, Islington.
Shadow energy secretary Lisa Nandy said people who bully, intimidate or harass MPs should be removed from the party and she welcomed the strong message from Mr Corbyn that this would not be tolerated.
Labour sources would not be drawn on the reports, saying that they did not comment on reshuffles.
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The group, which Mr Corbyn helped to found, has called for Mr Benn to be sacked for his support of airstrikes in Syria.
