Rosie Cooper: MP at center of murder plot slams 'dumb' ITV drama

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A Labor MP q ui was the target of a far-right murder plot delivered a scathing review of ITV's drama about how the plan was foiled.

Rosie Cooper told the House of Commons she had been "used as a marketing tool" for the five-part series The Walk-In.

Referring to previous death threats, she said: "How many more will come from this stupid, stupid, stupid series?"

ITV said that the broadcast was "extremely in the public interest" and was carried out "with care and responsibility".

The drama, which began last month , stars Stephen Graham as Matthew Collins, a former National Front member turned Hope Not Hate activist, who received a tip-off in 2017 over the threat against Ms Cooper.

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This led to the arrest and imprisonment of a neo-Nazi who bought a machete to kill the West Lancashire MP.

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