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Starmer axes Corbyn
16 FEBRUARY 2023/25 SHEVAT 5783
BY DAVID SAFFER
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candour: we are never going back. If you don’t like it, nobody is forcing you to stay.”
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will not stand as a candidate for the party at the next general election. Keir Starmer confirmed the news during a speech at a press conference yesterday morning following an announcement by the Equality and Human Rights Commission that it would be lifting the party out of special measures regarding antisemitism. Asked by reporters about Corbyn standing, Starmer ended speculation. 17/01/2023 15:33 “What I said about the party changing, I meant, we are not going back, that is why Jeremy Corbyn will not stand as a Labour candidate at the next general election.” The questioning follow e d an article where Starmer told The Times newspaper that his party was “unre co g nisable” from 2019. He wrote: “There are those who don’t like that change, who still refuse to see the reality of what had gone on under the previous leadership. To them I say in all Sir Keir tarmer
Corbyn was suspended as a Labour MP in 2020 following the furore over antisemitism in the party. At the time he said that the scale of the problem was “dramatically overstated for political reasons” by opponents inside and outside the party and media. Though readmitted to the party, he sits as an independent. Corbyn has not commented whether he will stand as an independent candidate against Labour in his Islington North constituency. Regarding the EHRC report, Starmer welcomed the news as “an important moment” but vowed to continue “zero tolerance of racism and discrimination of any kind”. He observed: “Antisemitism is an evil and any political party that cultivates it does not deserve power.” Starmer added: “It’s meant rebuilding trust, not just with the Jewish community but with all those who were rightly appalled by the culture of the party and the previous leadership. “When I became leader, I said I would turn PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK Labour around and
give it back to the British people and the most important and urgent part of that was tearing out antisemitism by its roots.” Jewish organisations applauded the equality watchdog’s ruling but lobbying will continue to ensure antisemitism does not surge again in Labour. Ms van der Zyl recalled how Starmer had described antisemitism as a stain on the party, vowed to “tear out this poison by its roots” and removed the whip from Corbyn. Despite being targeted by vile abuse, he had not wavered in his actions. But Ms van der Zyl added a note of caution. She told reporters: “The lifting of these special measures must not be construed as implying continued on page 2
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