Veteran MP Diane Abbott on Thursday won backing from deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner and six union bosses as Sir Keir Starmer was accused of pursuing a general election “cull” of Left-wingers.
The party’s leader heaped praise on Ms Abbott, who was elected as Britain’s first black woman MP in 1987. But Sir Keir also stressed he wanted the “best quality candidates” to stand for Labour in July’s snap election.
