Keir Starmer stated today that Jeremy Corbyn will not be permitted to run as a Labour candidate in the upcoming election.
In a speech on anti-Semitism, the party leader ruled out the return of his hard-Left predecessor, who was suspended in late 2020 for his attitude toward a very critical official investigation during his period as leader.
As a result of changes, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced today that it will no longer investigate the party.
Sir Keir, however, stated in east London that Mr. Corbyn was no longer welcome on the party’s Commons benches.
Reporters asked Sir Keir if he could state clearly whether Mr. Corbyn will run for the party in the next election. Sir Keir responded, “Let me be crystal clear: Jeremy Corbyn will not run as a Labour Party candidate in the next general election.”
“I meant what I said about the party’s evolution,” Therefore, Jeremy Corbyn will not run as a Labour candidate in the upcoming general election.
It indicates that the party will run a candidate against Mr. Corbyn, 73, if he runs for re-election in Islington North, where he presently has a majority of 26,188.
Sir Keir had already challenged his predecessor’s supporters to accept his intentions for power or leave the party.
Today, the EHRC, which had been examining the party since determining it was responsible for illegal acts of harassment and discrimination more than two years ago, announced that its action plan for Labour to address violations of the Equality Act had concluded at the end of January and it was pleased with the reforms.
Sir Keir stated that the work of reforming the party was not complete and advised that any Labour members who have misgivings about the necessity of change should resign.
Writing in the Times, he stated, “The changes we have made are not merely cosmetic or temporary.” They are permanent, essential, irrevocable.
“The Labour Party I currently lead will be unrecognizable in 2019.” There are many who dislike this shift and refuse to acknowledge what transpired during the previous administration.
“I tell them in all candor that we will never return. Nobody is requiring you to stay if you don’t like it.
Mr. Corbyn will likely be 75 years old by the time the next election occurs in 2024 or 2025, and if he wins, he could remain in office until he is 80 years old.
According to the I newspaper, he just informed constituents that he had no plans to resign.
If he ran again as an independent, it may be problematic for Labour, although some senior party members feel a Labour candidate could defeat him.
While Mr. Corbyn remains a Labour Party member, he serves as an independent member of parliament. In 2020, following the publication of a severely negative EHRC report, Labour pulled his whip and suspended him.
Within weeks, his party membership was reinstated, but Sir Keir refused to readmit him to the Labour MPs’ group.
In his initial response to the EHRC report, Mr. Corbyn asserted that the extent of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party had been “dramatically exaggerated for political reasons” by opponents inside and outside the party, as well as the media.
In a statement to the party, he later attempted to clarify his remarks by asserting that concerns about anti-Semitism are neither “exaggerated” nor “overstated.”
Beginning in February, he begged with Labour to relieve his “absurd and disgraceful” suspension so he could represent the party in the next election.
In a podcast appearance, he criticized the decision to expel him and pleaded to be readmitted. In the same interview, he also defended Kim Johnson, a Labour backbencher who was censured for calling the Israeli government “fascist.”
In a podcast for Global Radio’s The News Agents, he described his suspension as “disgraceful.” It is silly and terrible. Since 1983, I have been a Labour Member of Parliament.
Obviously, I’ve been elected in every election since then, ten times. And I’ve been a member of the Labour Party since I was 16 years old. Moreover, my voters in Islington North chose me as a Labour representative. And I find the entire situation to be ludicrous.’
Labour Party members should be permitted to determine their party’s destiny. In light of the fact that Keir Starmer was elected leader to appoint Labour Party candidates, the Labour Party members should be permitted to make this choice.
“I get along well with local Labour Party members.” I offer them local support. I work for the local government. Locally, I campaigned for the Labour Party. And I work as diligently and effectively as possible to represent my constituents. And I’m really content doing so. And I intend to continue doing so.’
Dame Margaret Hodge stated that Labour had “moved on from the very dark days of October 2020, when the EHRC determined that we were a party that discriminated against Jews.”
Regarding the future of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, she stated, “I cannot conceive of any scenario in which Jeremy could run as a candidate for the Labour Party in the upcoming general election.”
He knew what he was doing in the past, he knew what he was doing when the EHRC came out, and he has only himself to blame.
“I’ve moved on from Corbyn, the party has definitely moved on from Corbyn, the country has moved on from Corbyn if you look at the gains Labour is making in the polls, and I believe Corbyn is a relic from the past.”
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