NEWS STORY : Keir Starmer Confirms Jeremy Corbyn will not be a Labour Candidate at General Election
STORY
Keir Starmer, the Leader of the Opposition, has confirmed that Jeremy Corbyn will not be a candidate for the Labour Party at the next General Election. Corbyn was suspended from the party and from the Parliamentary Labour Party for downplaying a critical report into anti-semitism in the Labour Party and although his party membership was returned he hasn’t been able to sit as a Labour MP. Starmer said “what I said about the party changing, I meant, and we are not going back, and that is why Jeremy Corbyn will not stand as a Labour candidate at the next general election”. Jeremy Corbyn has yet to confirm whether he will contest the seat of Islington North which he has represented since 1983 as an independent candidate.
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Comments Made by Keir Starmer on Jeremy Corbyn
Statement Made by Jeremy Corbyn on the Decision
Comments Made by Bridget Phillipson on Jeremy Corbyn
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