Sir Keir Starmer said a decision had not yet been made on whether the Labour veteran could stand again.
Sir Keir Starmer is under intense pressure to let Labour veteran Diane Abbott stand in the General Election after she said she was “dismayed” by suggestions she might be barred.
Ms Abbott had the Labour whip suspended in April 2023 pending an investigation after she suggested Jewish, Irish and Traveller people experience prejudice but not racism. Crossbench peer Lord Woolley of Woodford, founder of the Operation Black Vote campaign, said Labour risked delivering a “slap in the face for Britain’s African and Caribbean communities” over the row.
Six unions affiliated with Labour – Aslef, TSSA, Unite, NUM, CWU and FBU – called for Ms Abbott to be allowed to stand.Following our letter to the party, we expect to see her standing as a labour candidate in the general election.And Labour former frontbencher Jess Phillips told Times Radio: “I think that Diane should be allowed to stand. And I think that the delay has been unedifying. The whole thing has been unedifying.
His campaigning was thrown into further disarray when backbench MP Mr Russell-Moyle said he was “gutted” after receiving an “administrative suspension letter” and being told he could not stand as a Labour candidate.In a statement sent to the PA news agency, the Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven MP said: “Someone has made what I believe to be a vexatious and politically motivated complaint about my behaviour eight years ago.
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