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Labour's Lloyd Russell-Moyle quits as shadow minister over 'torrent of online hate'

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Labour's Lloyd Russell-Moyle has quit as a shadow minister, blaming a 'torrent of online' hate targeted at him and his staff.

The Brighton MP announced on Twitter that he had spoken to Labour leader Keir Starmer and asked to step back as Shadow Minister for the Natural Environment.

Mr Russell-Moyle recently apologised after appearing to accuse Harry Potter author JK Rowling of using her experience of sexual assault as "justification" for her comments about trans people.

He also apologised recently after a 2009 Facebook post was revealed, where Mr Russell-Moyle described Zionism as a "dangerous nationalist idea" and suggesting Jewish claims to Israel are not progressive "by their very nature." In a statement on Sunday, Mr Russell-Moyle

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