Evening Standard
  • 7 months ago
Diane Abbott 'free' to stand as Labour candidate at election, says Starmer
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00:00 Diane Abbott was elected in in 1987, the first black woman MP. She's been a trailblazer.
00:06 She has carved a path for other people to come into politics and public life.
00:12 The whip has obviously been restored to her now and she is free to go forward as a Labour candidate.
00:18 Have you spoken to Diane and do you understand that she wants to put herself forward to stand?
00:25 She's free to go forward as a Labour candidate. The whip is back with her, it's been restored
00:31 and of course you know she was a trailblazer for many many years and has cleared the path
00:37 for others to come into politics. So, a formidable matter for the NEC but I've
00:42 not expressed a view up until now. She's free to go forward as a Labour candidate.

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