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MP sorry for tweet alleging Corbyn worked for Czech spy MP Ben Bradley to apologise for Corbyn tweet
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A Conservative MP has apologised for posting a tweet in which he said Jeremy Corbyn had passed British secrets to a spy from communist Czechoslovakia. A Tory MP has agreed to apologise for posting a tweet in which he said Jeremy Corbyn had passed British secrets to a spy from communist Czechoslovakia.
Ben Bradley also donated an undisclosed sum to a charity supported by the Labour leader and agreed never to repeat the allegation, Labour said. Ben Bradley will also donate an undisclosed sum to a charity supported by the Labour leader and has agreed not to repeat the allegation, Labour said.
He has agreed to say in a tweet: "I fully accept that my statement was wholly untrue and false." He has agreed to say that the tweet he posted "was wholly untrue and false".
Mr Corbyn is alleged to have had contact with a Czech spy in the 1980s. Labour had said a Sun story about Mr Corbyn having contact with a Czech spy in the 1980s was "absurd".
It comes as a file from the communist era StB Czech intelligence agency said Mr Corbyn was a "person of interest" but not an informant, contradicting claims made by Jan Sarkocy, a spy who says Mr Corbyn was "a very, very good source". A spokesman denied that Mr Corbyn ever acted as a collaborator or agent of the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
Mr Corbyn has denied ever acting as a Czech spy. Mr Bradley had been threatened with legal action over his tweet. He will make a donation to a foodbank and a homeless charity in his constituency, and pay Mr Corbyn's legal fees, Labour said.
In his apology tweet, Mr Bradley will say his repetition of the claims was "seriously defamatory" and add that he has deleted the original tweet.
He will write: "I accept that I caused distress and upset to Jeremy Corbyn by my untrue and false allegations, suggesting he had betrayed his country by collaborating with foreign spies.
"I am very sorry for publishing this untrue and false statement and I have no hesitation in offering my unreserved and unconditional apology to Jeremy Corbyn."
Mr Corbyn has criticised newspaper coverage of the revelations he met Mr Sarkocy.
He suggested the reporting showed how "worried" media bosses were by the prospect of a Labour government.