Starmer allies reject claims leftwingers blocked from standing for Labour
The Guardian says KEIR STARMER’S allies have rejected claims he is acting to block “anyone to the left of Tony Blair” from standing for the party at the next general election, as his project of reshaping Labour moves to its next stage: parliamentary selections.
Since the swing of more than 12% to Labour in last week’s Wakefield byelection raised the possibility of an outright majority for Starmer at the next general election, the focus on the party’s next wave of MPs has intensified.
A first tranche of 35 seats is in the process of being selected. Allies of the Labour leader dismiss any notion of a purge of leftwingers, insisting the party is merely weeding out individuals who would not be effective MPs, and rebuilding the parliamentary Labour party (PLP) to make it more unified.
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