Jeremy Corbyn is still thinking about whether to run for mayor as an independent next year. We met a sphinx-like JC at the premiere for Ken Loach’s film The Old Oak in Leicester Square last night, and asked the question many are wondering: could the exiled ex-Labour leader run for office? “No comment... at this stage,” he replied.
A recent forecast said if Corbyn runs, he would split the Labour vote, letting Tory candidate Susan Hall in. Corbyn also wouldn’t say if he would run as an independent MP in Islington North, where Keir Starmer has said he can’t run for Labour. This morning, Corbyn told us he would continue to “campaign for a redistribution of wealth and power” like he’s done for 40 years.
