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Starmer wins motion to bar Corbyn from running in May elections

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 29 Mar 2023 00:16
4 Min Read

Since 1983, Corbyn was voted 10 consecutive times by his constituents.

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  • Jeremy Corbyn will be banned form the upcoming elections. (Getty Images)
    Jeremy Corbyn will be banned from running in the upcoming elections of the Labour Party. (Getty Images)

The UK's National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Labour Party announced on Monday that former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn will not be allowed to run for the next general elections scheduled to be held on May 4.

According to Sky News, the NEC voted 22 to 12 earlier today to approve a motion from Keir Starmer, the current Labour Leader, preventing Corbyn from being endorsed as a candidate by the party. 

However, this does not prohibit Corbyn from running as an independent - which may also pose a challenge for Starmer as Corbyn still enjoys relatively high levels of popularity. 

But running as an independent against a Labour candidate may cost Corbyn to lose his membership.

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Since 1983, Corbyn was voted 10 consecutive times. When the party's parliamentary faction learned of the NEC's decision, it was widely met by negative feedback. 

He told Sky News that Starmer was effectively "undermining the party's internal democracy".  

The Labor Party currently forms the main official opposition in the UK Parliament.

In October 2020, Jeremy Corbyn was suspended from the parliamentary faction after a report said the Conservative party was responsible for unlawful harassment and discrimination in its handling of allegations of anti-Semitism.

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Starmer is attempting to move his party away from its divisive recent past and firmly position it as a government-in-waiting after 13 years of Conservative control in Britain by shutting out the experienced former leader from defending his north London seat for Labour. This comes although Corbyn's left-wing ideas drew hundreds of thousands of new members to the party.

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in an exclusive interview with Al Mayadeen in July 2022, former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn addressed many issues, including the war on Yemen, the war in Ukraine, the Palestinian cause, and other topics related to the United Kingdom and its international role.

Corbyn said that he spent his “life opposing racism in any form whatsoever,” noting that “there is racism within our society. It has to be opposed. Being anti-black, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic.. any form of racism has to be opposed. And I will always be the one opposing it. “

Jeremy Corbyn on his political career as the former leader of the #UK #LabourParty.@jeremycorbyn @MoussaSrour pic.twitter.com/wlU9jGhAhM

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) August 1, 2022

"I believe that the way I was dealt with in the Labour Party, and the allegations made against me were shameful, and I regained my right to membership unanimously, and I am proud to be a socialist and to be a person who believes in global solidarity, through peace and justice projects." He further asserted, "all the work that I do will always contribute to justice, peace and global understanding."

He continued, "It was very clear to me since I was a candidate for the leadership of the Labour Party, that I was dealing with powerful forces that oppose me because I was proposing a different approach in dealing with foreign relations and international policies," explaining: "I wanted to establish foreign relations based on justice and human rights and democracy and this posed a major threat to others.” 

"Boris Johnson is a man of many illusions."

Jeremy Corbyn voices his opinion on the former #UK PM #BorisJohnson.@jeremycorbyn @MoussaSrour pic.twitter.com/dNScnspZgM

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) August 1, 2022

Regarding the UK sending forces to fight in wars, he said, "I have also proposed a new law to prevent the British government from sending any British forces, including special forces, to participate in military operations without specific parliamentary approval for this operation, a matter that was strongly opposed by many members of the army and intelligence."

Corbyn said: "I faced clear threats from some military figures when I was elected. First, there were statements against me from Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, and a group of other personalities, and it showed me how strong the forces opposed to me were." 

Corbyn announced that he is currently working with others to "study the power of arms dealers in the British Parliament and elsewhere."

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