A former Labour election candidate is threatening the party with legal action after she was dropped at the last minute in a 'purge' of leftwingers.
Writing on X this afternoon Ms Shaheen made a direct appeal to the party leader, saying: 'I came from a family with a violent father and spent part of my childhood on benefits. Ms Rayner's intervention came after Sir Keir had denied purging leftwingers but refused to back down in his campaign to change the party from that led by Mr Corbyn.
Ms Rayner's intervention came after Sir Keir had denied purging leftwingers but refused to back down in his campaign to change the party from that led by Mr Corbyn. However it comes after she herself was accused of racism over a 2019 tweet about then Home Secretary Sajid Javid. MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle said he has been suspended by the party over what he called a 'vexatious and politically motivated complaint'
She also lashed out at anonymous briefings against Ms Abbott, saying: 'Diane Abbott has given 37 years of service to the Labour party and also to the country. She is the first female black MP to come into parliament and she has been a trailblazer. But launching the Welsh Labour election campaign in Abergavenny today Sir Keir praised a speech by a former Tory voter who had switched to support his party.
Josh Simons, the director of the Starmerite Labour Together think tank, has been made the candidate in Makerfield 'But I've always had the aspiration that we will have the best quality candidates as we go into this election.'
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