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Diane Abbott gets Labour whip back but trail-blazing MP not expected to stand in election

Ms Abbott was an independent MP when Parliament was prorogued on Friday, May 24, ahead of the General Election on July 4

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer caught in 'brazen lie' over Labour probe into Diane Abbott

KEIR Starmer has been accused of telling a “brazen lie” over the internal Labour investigation inot Diane Abbott ...

The National (Scotland)

Diane Abbott ‘to be banned from standing for Labour’ as it emerges race investigation finished five months ago

Sir Keir Starmer had said a decision on whether Diane Abbott could stand as a Labour MP at the general election would be made ‘in due course’

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‘Freedom was around the corner’: how UK activists helped the exiled ANC to defeat apartheid

On the eve of a vital South African election, activists tell how, 30 years ago, London became the centre of the Anti-Apartheid Movement and a base for exiled African National Congress leaders

The Guardian - UK

‘Defeat would be a big blow’: Labour faces double trouble of Corbyn and Abbott in Islington and Hackney

Jeremy Corbyn’s old constituency reacts to his decision to stand as independent, while decision looms on allowing Diane Abbott to rejoin the party

The Guardian - UK

It’s Corbyn’s last stand. But can he beat Labour’s Starmerite machine?

By running as an independent, the Islington North MP will give constituents a chance to rebel against the Westminster consensus, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s election tour branded shambolic after Titanic Quarter visit inspires sinking ship comparison – as it happened

Incident in Belfast follows gaffe in Welsh brewery and campaign launch where Labour anthem was played

The Guardian - UK

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Diane Abbott’s inquiry result due day Labour candidate selections close

Outcome of lengthy investigation of MP’s racism comments will be completed by 4 June, Keir Starmer says

The Guardian - UK

Diane Abbott fury as Starmer suggests her suspension is nothing to do with him

More than a year after Ms Abbott was suspended, Labour will decide whether she can be reinstated in time for the 4 July general election

The Independent UK

Jeremy Corbyn set to stand as independent against Labour at general election

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will take on his old party in Islington North

The Independent UK

Corbyn 'won't be Labour candidate at election,' says Reeves despite local party’s protests in north London

Shadow Chancellor rules out the former leader standing for Labour after an antisemitism row

Evening Standard

Natalie Elphicke defection: Keir Starmer risks feeding the perception that politics is ‘all just a bit of a game’

Natalie Elphicke is the third Conservative MP to defect to Labour since the last election – but the first Tory rightwinger. She had enthusiastically backed Brexit, and was a member of the eurosceptic European Research Group of Conservative MPs. She has attacked Labour’s “softness on immigration” and harshly criticised trade…

The Conversation

It’s Labour’s turn to crash and burn as party can’t defend Elphicke’s defection

Anneliese Dodds drew the short straw and was sent out to pretend Nat had always been Labour through and through

The Guardian - UK

Natalie Elphicke ‘sorry’ for defending ex-husband jailed for sexual assault

Newest Labour MP apologises for comments about Charlie Elphicke’s victims amid criticism of her admission to party

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UK politics: Tory defector Natalie Elphicke apologises for comments about women who were sexually assaulted by her ex-husband – as it happened

Comments made after Charlie Elphicke jailed for two years criticised by new colleagues in Labour party

Evening Standard

London MP Kate Osamor has Labour whip restored following investigation into comments on Gaza war

The move piles pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to do the same for veteran MP Diane Abbott

The Guardian - UK

The Searchers by Andy Beckett review – the legacy of the radical left

What do the careers of Diane Abbott, Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn, Ken Livingstone and John McDonnell tell us about political success?

Al Jazeera

Israel bans Al Jazeera: What does it mean and what happens next?

Al Jazeera said it will pursue available legal channels to protect its journalists from Israel’s ‘slanderous’ shutdown.

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The Guardian - UK

The Searchers by Andy Beckett review – the leftists who took their lead from Tony Benn

An absorbing study of the radical left makes a convincing case for their cultural victories but romanticises the Jeremy Corbyn years

The Guardian - UK

Ex-England cricketer among hundreds to stand for George Galloway’s party

General election candidates include Monty Panesar but party says it will not stand against Corbyn or Abbott if they run as independents

The Guardian - UK

Tory chair refuses to say whether party took further £5m from Frank Hester

Richard Holden says Hester apologised for remarks about Diane Abbott and ‘we should accept that’

Evening Standard

Suspended London Labour MP Kate Osamor to get whip back 'imminently'

Kate Osamor issued an apology for ‘any offence caused’ by a message she wrote on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day

The Guardian - UK

Losing the whip: who are the 18 UK MPs sitting as independents?

There are now more independents suspended by their parties than Lib Dems in the House of Commons

The Guardian - UK

Leeds Pride ends sponsorship deal with Frank Hester’s company TPP

LGBTQ+ festival organisers cut ties over businessman’s ‘alleged racist comments’ about Diane Abbott

The Guardian - UK

The soft life: why millennials are quitting the rat race

Ambition once came with a promise: a home, a salary, progress and fulfilment. What happens when that promise is broken? Meet the women who are turning their backs on consumerism, materialism and burnout

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