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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Devlin

UNBELIEVABLE: Diane abbott declares she will run as a labour candidate and intends to win - Caught on Camera

PA Wire

Diane Abbott has declared she intends to run as a Labour candidate at the election as she denied she was offered a seat in the Lords to stand down.

On Friday the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the veteran MP was “free” to stand for the party after days of an extraordinary back and forth about whether she would be blocked.

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