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The veteran MP was suspended as a Labour MP last year over comments she made about racism.

Labour leader Keir Starmer says Diane Abbott is “free to go forward as a Labour candidate”, after days of speculation about her political future

Veteran left-winger Abbott claimed she had been banned from standing as a Labour candidate - something Starmer previously denied

Abbott was suspended as a Labour MP last year after saying Jewish, Irish and Traveller people do not face racism “all their lives”

  • frankPodmore@slrpnk.netEnglish
    9·
    6 months ago

    If I’m reading this right, that doesn’t necessarily mean she will be the Labour candidate. As far as I know, I’m ‘free’ to be a Labour candidate but that doesn’t mean it’s going to happen!

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      Yes, there have been a lot of carefully chosen words used. I’ll wait for further details but I wouldn’t be surprised if the plan was still to get the NEC to bar her and any other troublesome candidates from standing with only a couple of days left, so the party get to parachute in their own choice.