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| MP Ben Bradley apologises for Corbyn tweet | |
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| A Tory MP has apologised for posting a tweet in which he said Jeremy Corbyn had passed British secrets to a spy from communist Czechoslovakia. | |
| Ben Bradley said the now deleted tweet was "wholly untrue and false". | |
| He will also donate an undisclosed sum to a charity supported by the Labour leader and has agreed not to repeat the allegation. | |
| Labour had said a Sun story about Mr Corbyn having contact with a Czech spy in the 1980s was "absurd". | Labour had said a Sun story about Mr Corbyn having contact with a Czech spy in the 1980s was "absurd". |
| A spokesman denied that Mr Corbyn ever acted as a collaborator or agent of the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia. | A spokesman denied that Mr Corbyn ever acted as a collaborator or agent of the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia. |
| "I have no hesitation in offering my unreserved and unconditional apology to Jeremy Corbyn for the distress I have caused him," Mr Bradley said. | |
| He had been threatened with legal action over his tweet. | |
| Mr Bradley will make a donation to a foodbank and a homeless charity in his constituency, and pay Mr Corbyn's legal fees, Labour said. |