‘Purge’ of Labour leftwingers must end, Keir Starmer told

Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, who, on Thursday, denied leftwingers were being targeted and said that many in the parliamentary Labour party were endorsed party candidates.Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, who, on Thursday, denied leftwingers were being targeted and said that many in the parliamentary Labour party were endorsed party candidates.

Others have also complained about being deselected, including Faiza Shaheen, who had already started campaigning in Chingford and Woodford Green, and Lloyd Russell-Moyle, who was suspended as Labour MP for Brighton Kemptown. Starmer was pressed over Abbott’s fate on a campaign visit to Wales. “No decision has been taken to bar her and you have to remember that she was a trailblazer as an MP,” he said. “She overcame incredible challenges to achieve what she achieved in her political career.”

His critics however point out that several of his close allies have been chosen as candidates for safe Labour seats in the last 48 hours, including Josh Simons, head of the Starmerite thinktank Labour Together, and Luke Akehurst, a centrist member of the executive committee. Starmer’s allies have a majority on the NEC, and can push through their selected list of candidates if they choose. However some in the party believe they are likely to back down at least in Abbott’s case to avoid further fallout within the party.

Abbott reacted to the news of her deselection by posting on X: “Appalling. Whose clever idea has it been to have a cull of left wingers?”

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