Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed he will stand against the party he once led.
He will contest his Islington North seat, which he has held since 1983, as an independent candidate in the general election on 4 July.
Speaking to his local Islington Tribune newspaper, he said he would be “a voice for equality, democracy and peace”.
Mr Corbyn was suspended from the parliamentary Labour Party in 2020 – when in response to the Equality and Human Rights Commission report into the party’s handling of anti-Semitism complaints, he suggested that the scale of the problem had been “dramatically overstated” by opponents.
Labour will announce its candidate to replace Mr Corbyn in his north London seat on 1 June
A shortlist of two was drawn up by party officials rather than local members.
Source: BBC
