The former Labour leader offered his support to Diane Abbott amid the uncertainty over her General Election campaign.
Jeremy Corbyn has suggested Sir Keir Starmer is trying to “purge” the left wing of the Labour Party as he offered his support to Diane Abbott amid the uncertainty over her General Election campaign.
Ms Abbott, who had the whip suspended in April 2023 after she suggested Jewish, Irish and Traveller people experience prejudice but not racism, said on Wednesday she believed she had been barred from running for Labour in her Hackney North and Stoke Newington seat. Asked whether he believed Sir Keir was trying to purge the left of the Labour Party, the former leader said: “It looks like it.”
Speaking at the rally for his Islington North seat, he added “I am disturbed at the way Diane’s been treated – you can see what’s happened with me. There has to be a voice for justice, for peace and socialism in our society.”Diane Abbott was first elected in 1987Ms Abbott has vowed to stay on as MP for her London constituency as Labour has come under pressure to clarify whether she will be allowed to stand.
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