The former Labour leader offered his support to Diane Abbott amid the uncertainty over her General Election campaign.
Jeremy Corbyn has suggested Sir Keir Starmer is trying to “purge” the left wing of the Labour Party as he offered his support to Diane Abbott amid the uncertainty over her General Election campaign.
Ms Abbott, who had the whip suspended in April 2023 after she suggested Jewish, Irish and Traveller people experience prejudice but not racism, said on Wednesday she believed she had been barred from running for Labour in her Hackney North and Stoke Newington seat. Mr Corbyn was suspended by Labour in 2020 for refusing to fully accept the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s findings that the party broke equality law when he was in charge.
Mr Corbyn added: “I’ve known Diane for years and years, obviously, she’s been a great comrade and colleague in Parliament.
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