Veteran MP had party whip restored this week, but it was suggested she might be ‘barred’ from running
Diane Abbott is “free to stand” as a Labour candidate in the general election, Keir Starmer has said.
The Labour leader had spent three days insisting her candidacy was not in his power, and it was a matter for the party’s ruling national executive committee (NEC), but the row was increasingly distracting from Labour’s election campaign.
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Veteran MP had party whip restored this week, but it was suggested she might be ‘barred’ from runningDiane Abbott is “free to stand” as a Labour candidate in the general election, Keir Starmer has said.The Labour leader had spent three days insisting her candidacy was not in his power, and it was a matter for the party’s ruling national executive committee (NEC), but the row was increasingly distracting from Labour’s election campaign. Continue reading…
