was suspended from the Parliamentary party a year ago after suggesting Jewish people face prejudice - but not racism - similar to “redheads”.
today said the decision on letting her stand will be dealt with within days by the party’s ruling committee.said: “The final decisions on candidates is coming up in a few days’ time, I think June 4, it may be a little earlier, a little later, I can’t quite remember.
“But within a relatively short period of time the final list of candidates will be decided, and that will be a matter for the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee.”She wrote on X: “Just heard Keir Starmer on BBC Radio 4 claiming that the decision about whether to let @HackneyAbbott back into @UKLabour has “nothing to with him”. It has EVERYTHING to do with him.
In the article, Ms Abbott wrote: “Irish, Jewish and Traveller people all suffer from ‘racism’”. They undoubtedly experience prejudice.“It is true that many types of white people with points of difference, such as redheads, can experience this prejudice. But they are not all their lives subject to racism.”It came despite her support for Brexit and accusations over her role in lobbying ministers over her then-husband Charlie’s sexual assault case.
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