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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondent

Corbyn will not regain Labour whip while endorsing Stop the War, suggests Starmer

Jeremy Corbyn at a Stop the War rally protesting against the war in Ukraine last week
Jeremy Corbyn at a Stop the War rally protesting against the war in Ukraine last week. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Jeremy Corbyn will not have the Labour whip restored while he continues to associate with the Stop the War coalition, Keir Starmer has suggested, saying it was “very clear” those who wanted to be Labour MPs had to be supporters of Nato and reject “false equivalence” between Nato and Russian aggression.

Starmer has previously suggested Corbyn may be allowed to return to sitting as a Labour MP if he apologises for a statement made in the wake of the equalities’ watchdog report into antisemitism. But speaking to the Guardian on Monday, the Labour leader suggested there was now a bigger obstacle to his return.

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