John Healey responds to Diane Abbott accusing Keir Starmer of "more lies"

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00:00 But then last night tweeted this, "More lies from Starmer."

00:06 So she accused the leader of the Labour Party of being a liar

00:11 on Twitter last night.

00:12 She then deleted the tweet.

00:14 But is that the kind of behaviour you'd

00:16 expect from a Labour candidate?

00:18 Well, you obviously follow Twitter much more closely

00:24 than I do, Ed.

00:25 I didn't see it.

00:26 If she's removed it, then I can't check it.

00:32 But as I say, the way is clear now.

00:34 It's there.

00:35 She said, "More lies from Starmer."

00:37 Yeah.

00:39 What would you--

00:40 Well, one of the disadvantages of not being with you

00:41 in the studio then--

00:42 --learning that news then?

00:45 Look, my reaction is the bull's in Diane's court.

00:47 If she wants to stand, she says she does.

00:49 The way is now clear.

00:51 I'm glad that's been--

00:53 that confusion is now clear.

00:54 The way is clear for her to stand.

00:56 She will be, if she wants to stand,

00:59 endorsed as a Labour candidate, I expect,

01:02 tomorrow alongside myself and candidates

01:04 in 650 seats across the country.

01:08 Does feel that there's bad blood.

01:09 No, she's a major figure, a role model for many people.

01:20 37 years in the House of Commons,

01:22 the first black woman MP.

01:25 She is a trailblazer.

01:27 She wants to continue.

01:29 She says she wants to stand as a candidate.

01:31 The way is now clear for her to do that.