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The Readers must love Freddie’s Political Chatter? Though this ‘revolt’ by Corbyn shouldn’t surprise an experienced political commentator. The victory of George Galloway might be another missed clue, that escaped Freddie ? Or the fact of Dianne Abbott’s purge. A coy Freddy isn’t convincing!

I’ll just highlight, or more honestly, pick randomly through his ‘chatter’ at 872 words, or so :

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But what of Labour? Keir Starmer has his own problems: Jeremy Corbyn is standing as an independent in Islington North — a few thoughts below.

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Is Starmer’s left flank vulnerable? Jeremy Corbyn has been in exile from Labour since 2021 after he refused to apologise for saying reports of anti-Semitism inside the party were exaggerated.

Editor: What might constitute ‘Starmer’s left flank’ ? The Left has been purged from the Party , all that remain are the New Labour hacks!

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Corbyn’s expulsion from the party he represented in parliament for 40 years was not inevitable. In October 2020 a deal between himself and the leadership was close. Accounts vary, but negotiations were reportedly scuppered because Corbyn was on holiday on the Isle of Wight. The party later reinstated Corbyn’s Labour membership but Starmer refused to restore the parliamentary whip until the former leader apologised, hence he sat as an independent.

Editor: Freddy follows The Party Line on Corbyn, any surprise? The Newspapers like The Guardian and its Johnathan Freedland defamed Corbyn. Even @TheEconomist proclaimed Corbyn as a toxic expression of another time and place!

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2015/09/19/backwards-comrades

Editor: Freddy moves on in the same vein as The Economist

Since then, Corbyn has let rumours that he may stand in Islington North or for London mayor as Ken Livingstone did rumble on. The former was always the likely option because Corbyn has a relationship with his constituents that he doesn’t have with London in general. While he ruminated on his next move, Corbyn launched a vehicle to promote his politics: the Peace & Justice Project. While its branding is oddly reminiscent of the Tony Blair Institute’s, its patrons include former Unite general secretary Len McCluskey, the filmmaker Ken Loach and former Bolivian president Evo Morales.

Editor: Freddy recites the New Labour Corbyn Party Line :

Corbyn is a member of a political grouping of candidates called the Collective who support the Peace & Justice Project’s five priorities:

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Editor: Freddy deviates from The Party Line via ‘source on the party’s left pointed out’ : again that phantom Left appears.

As one Labour source on the party’s left pointed out, Corbyn has the three qualities that any successful independent candidate needs: local pedigree; high name recognition; and a compelling story. Corbyn is famous for being a “good constituency MP”. He has 40 years of relationships and name recognition to draw on. (One key problem will be that any Labour members that openly support him will face expulsion.)

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Corbyn’s trajectory – going from party leader to independent candidate in one parliament – is unique. The threat, therefore, is contained. And yet, there are signs that Labour could face problems from the left, charged with anger at Labour’s position on Gaza and Starmer’s abandonment or dilution of many of his original 10 leadership pledges.

Editor: The Reader has to wonder at Freddy’s cultivated ignorance of Corbyn and George Galloway’s political alliance, that is running candidates in the coming elections!

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While Starmer’s party has a notional majority of around 17,000 in the new seat, the Greens won every ward in the constituency in the recent local elections.

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After Corbyn’s announcement, Starmer said: “Jeremy Corbyn’s days of influencing Labour Party policy are well and truly over. Jeremy Corbyn’s decision is his decision. What I’m intent on doing is putting first-class Labour candidates in Islington North, which we have now done.”

Editor: Starmer’s whistling in the dark!

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The result in five weeks’ time will depend on whether Corbyn’s 26,188 majority is, in reality, his majority or Labour’s. It will signal whether the threat to Labour from the left is latent or non-existent. 

With the party leading so comfortably in the polls, challenges from the left can appear obscure. For now, the priority for Labour’s strategists will be to limit the damage Corbyn can inflict on their campaign for No 10. And at the same time, win Islington North.

Editor: Freddy recites The New Labour Party Line

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