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Robbie Griffiths

Ex-Labour MP to run against party in Kensington, saying it lacks ‘compassion’

An ex-Labour MP who narrowly lost the seat of Kensington in 2019 looks set to run against the party at the next general election, saying it has lost its Left-wing values.

Emma Dent Coad, who was blocked from being the Labour candidate in the seat last year, started a crowdfunding site last week saying she would run as an independent if she got £30,000. She has so far raised over half the money.

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