Out-in-the-cold former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will stand as an independent in the next General Election.
He will run against Labour if he’s barred from standing for the party.
Mr Corbyn has sat as an independent MP since losing the whip in October 2020.
He refused to accept allegations of antisemitism during his time in charge as leader.
He claimed the situation had been “exaggerated “ by his political opponents.
Allies believe he’ll announce he will run anyway.
It’s a move that would mean automatic expulsion as a Labour Party member.
A close colleague told The Times:
“It has become personal.”
In a comment on Twitter Mr Corbyn wrote:
Under Mr Corbyn’s leadership at the 2019 election, Labour suffered its worst result since the 1930s, handing Boris Johnson an 80-seat majority.
Ed Miliband, a former party leader, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme:
“This is about one thing, which is about Jeremy Corbyn’s reaction to the EHRC report on antisemitism and his refusal to apologise for that reaction.
“That is the background of this.
“I don’t think there’s any mystery about that.
“Keir Starmer said some weeks ago that he didn’t believe Jeremy Corbyn should be a candidate at the election and that is obviously a decision the National Executive will have to make.”
Meanwhile, Corbyn supporter Beth Winter, MP, posted:
