Jeremy Corbyn has demanded Sir Keir Starmer reinstate him to the Parliamentary Labour Party – refusing to rule out standing as an independent at the next General Election if he refuses to do so.
In an interview with the Standard, the former Labour leader said he hoped to stand at the next General Election as a Labour candidate and stressed that at the age of 72 he has no plans to retire.
“What I hope is that the Parliamentary Labour Party will recognise that they are in an untenable position,” he told The Standard on Wednesday as he urged Sir Keir to restore the Labour whip to him shortly after the May 5 local elections.
But the Labour leader has said there is no way back for his predecessor unless he apologises over comments he made in response to a report on anti-Semitism in the party in October 2020.
Mr Corbyn has repeatedly refused to apologise and his handling of the anti-Semitism row was partly blamed by many Labour MPs for the party plunging to a historic election defeat in 2019...
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Mr Perfect *still* thinks his anti-Semitism is not a problem
“I think it’s wrong, it’s unfair, and I should be reinstated. And indeed, an awful lot of people in Islington think exactly the same,” he said.
So, St Jeremy would have Labour sacrifice the country to retain Islington North, cos letting that twat back into the Party would be a massive turn-off for a lot of voters who are happy that the current Party is distancing itself from the loony left, and would take his reinstatement as a sign that Labour isn't moving away after all.
Edit:
Thinking about it, if he does stand as an independent he won't be able to use the constituency office, the constituency party or constituency funds, so will have to organise and fund it himself. And we know how fond he is of hard work. Plus, if he stands as an independent against an official Labour candidate Labour won't need an excuse to get rid of him, win or lose he'll have gifted them a legitimate reason for booting him out of the Party. And there's no guarantee he would win - his self-belief comes from listening to his own echo chamber and does not necessarily agree with what the majority of constituents think.