Michael Cashman, an LGBT campaigner and former Eastenders actor, has lost the whip after commends he made on X about Rosie Duffield.
Labour has suspended one of its peers in the House of Lords after he launched a social media attack on a gender-critical party candidate.
The 52-year-old, who is standing in Canterbury, is a defender of women's rights and female-only spaces who revealed this week that she has spent £2,000 on bodyguards while campaigning. Sir Keir Starmer told reporters on a campaign visit today that what Lord Cashman said was 'particularly inappropriate and that's why the support of the whip was withdrawn as it was very swiftly'.
But Ms Duffield hit back, saying: 'This will be the first General Election where I haven't attended every single hustings. But as someone who has never been an MP, it looks as though Lord Cashman is completely unaware that very many MPs/candidates choose never to attend these events at all.' 'The result is now that I feel unable to be focused on giving a clear presentation of the Labour Party's manifesto commitments.'
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