Jeremy Corbyn is back in the spotlight again, causing yet more issues for his former party. The ex-Labour leader who at one point fancied his chances of becoming Britain’s prime minister currently sits as an Independent MP after his suspension four years ago. Now, however, he faces being excluded from the party for good. Talk about a fall from grace…
Suspended from Labour in 2020 after he rejected the findings of an Equality and Human Rights report on antisemitism in the party, Corbyn has remained Islington North’s Independent MP ever since. But the politician’s bridge-building efforts have been rather minimal — and not much helped by the recent discovery that he accepted a £5,000 donation from ‘We Deserve Better’, a left-wing group supporting the election of ‘socialist candidates’ over Labour MPs. The Labour party received a barrage of complaints about its former leader’s acceptance of the money, and the party’s ruling body is, as PoliticsHome reported, now looking into the donation. Labour’s rules are clear that any member ‘declaring an intention to stand in a public election in opposition to a party candidate’ will be automatically excluded from the party. If Jezza has indeed managed to blow any chance of a return, Mr S can’t imagine Starmer will shed many tears…
On the topic of Corbyn’s constituency of Islington North, applications to stand as a Labour candidate for the area will close today — with a shortlist drawn up by Sir Keir’s national executive committee next week. But with a shedload of local support and a majority of over 26,000, the lefty ex-Labour leader still has a fighting chance of winning his seat back. Whether he’ll be doing that as a Labour politician or an Independent is yet to be revealed. Stay tuned…
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