Labour veteran Abbott ‘dismayed’ at prospect of being blocked from standing

Veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott has said she was “dismayed” at the prospect she could be banned from standing for the the party as a row over her position distracted from Sir Keir Starmer’s pitch to voters on the NHS.

She had the Labour whip suspended in April 2023 pending an investigation after she suggested Jewish, Irish and Traveller people experience prejudice, but not racism. But she later wrote on social media: “I am very dismayed that numerous reports suggest I have been barred as a candidate.”A Labour source suggested her claim to have been banned from standing for the party might be an attempt to “bounce” leaders into a deal ahead of a meeting of the ruling National Executive Committee .“I think this may be an attempt to bounce Loto into some sort of deal.”

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