Former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has been confronted by an angry Labour MP in an anti-semitism row.
John Mann, MP for Bassetlaw, confronted Mr Livingstone while he was on a telephone interview with LBC radio after the former mayor had said Adolf Hitler had originally supported Zionism by supporting moving Jewish people to Israel.
In a video uploaded to Twitter by BBC political correspondent Vicki Young, Mr Mann can be seen calling Mr Livingstone a "Nazi apologist" along with accusing him of "rewriting history".
Mr Mann urges Mr Livingstone to go back and "check what Hitler did" before telling the former mayor: "You've lost it mate, you need help."
He continues to berate Mr Livingstone and says his comments were "factually wrong racist remarks".
Meanwhile, LBC presenter James O'Brien is on the phone to the former Mayor of London.
After first being approached by Mr Mann, Mr Livingstone tells the presenter: "I've got a violent MP threatening me."
As the line in the LBC studio goes quiet, Mr O'Brien tells listeners: "I'm going to stay with this just to make sure Ken is alright."
The argument between the Labour MP and the former Mayor of London can then be heard on a muffled line.
Shortly after the row, Mr Livingstone was suspended by Labour "for bringing the Party into disrepute".
Earlier today, Mr Livingstone told BBC Radio London he had never heard anyone in the party say anything anti-Semitic, before adding: “Let’s remember, when Hitler won his election in 1932 his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel.
"He was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews.
“There has been a very well-orchestrated campaign by the Israel lobby to smear anybody who criticises Israeli policy as anti-Semitic."
The comments led to Labour’s current mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan calling for him to be kicked out of the party.
Mr Khan tweeted: “Ken Livingstone’s comments are appalling and inexcusable. There must be no place for this in our party.”
