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BBC’s Emma Barnett called a Zionist on Twitter after cornering Corbyn over cost of childcare

By Dominic Ponsford

BBC journalist Emma Barnett was accused by apparent Jeremy Corbyn supporters on Twitter of being a “Zionist” after she asked him about the cost of providing free pre-school childcare on Radio 4.

Barnett comes from a Jewish family.

Corbyn was unable to provide the cost of the policy prompting Barnett to suggest that Labour couldn’t be trusted with money.

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