Diane Abbott accuses Sir Keir Starmer of 'culling' Labour left wingers after 'appalling' deselection decision

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of trying to purge general election candidates from the left of the Labour Party. Questions remain about whether veteran Corbyn ally Diane Abbott will be barred from standing again, while Labour suspended one candidate and declined to endorse another. Labour's general election campaign has been overshadowed by the internal chaos over the selection of candidates, which includes the selection of influential figures on the Labour right.

She told BBC's Newsnight: 'On top of Gaza, on top of Diane Abbott and now this to me, when there's such clear double standards of how other people have been treated when stuff has happened... what message are you sending my community? What message are you sending the black community?' Ms Abbott accused Labour of carrying out a 'cull of left wingers' as she branded the decision to block Dr Shaheen 'appalling'.

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