Labour is braced for some members to ditch the party in order to support an independent Corbyn campaign
A significant chunk of Labour members in Islington North will cut ties with Keir Starmer’s party to join a Jeremy Corbyn independent campaign, insiders believe.
They expect the former leader will put Labour’s response to the Israel-Gaza conflict, which dented Starmer’s support in some areas at the local elections, front and centre of his campaign. Moema was born in Islington to South African parents who fled apartheid and is London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s advisor on affordable housing. Nargund, meanwhile, is a social innovation entrepreneur who acts as a skills advisor to the party nationally and a councillor locally.
Insiders now expect any disciplinary process to be overtaken by a decision by Corbyn to stand. Opposing or supporting rival candidates is banned under the party’s rules and would have meant auto-expulsion.His long-time political ally John McDonnell, who served as his shadow chancellor, suggested in a broadcast interview with ITV’s Robert Peston that his former boss would make the race competitive.
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