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The turbulent career of Diane Abbott: from first black female MP to shunned by Labour

Will she, won’t she? The Hackney MP is causing ruptures within the Labour party. Robbie Griffiths charts her remarkable — and often rocky — political career

Evening Standard

Scottish Labour leader says Diane Abbott should be allowed to run in election

Anas Sarwar says he agrees with Angela Rayner that north London MP is ‘a historic figure in our party’

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage and Piers Morgan trade insults in fiery Question Time bust-up: ‘You bottled it’

Morgan accused Farage of “bottling it” when it came to standing in the election

The Independent UK

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Audience member confronts Nigel Farage on his election record on Question Time

NIGEL Farage clashed with Piers Morgan on Thursday night’s Question Time after a woman in the audience confronted him on his election record.

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer distances himself from Angela Rayner in row over Diane Abbott

The Labour leader broke with Ms Rayner and declined to give a view on whether the veteran left-winger should be allowed to run as a Labour candidate

The Independent UK

Banff and Buchan: Why SNP have a rare hope of snatching seat from Tories

THE SNP may appear to be firmly on the defensive in this General Election but it shouldn’t be overlooked that, remarkably, there are several…

The National (Scotland)

Diane Abbott 'free' to stand as Labour election candidate, says Keir Starmer after backlash over barring her

The party is being gripped by a huge row over whether the veteran MP should be allowed to stand again for Parliament

Evening Standard

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Airdrie and Shotts: Herculean effort needed to see off rebirth of the Labour machine

THE 2017 General Election is well remembered for the late Corbyn surge and the SNP’s consequent loss to Labour of seven seats that they assumed…

The National (Scotland)

If the pollsters have it right, the Conservatives need a miracle in five weeks

The desire to see the back of the Tories seems to outweigh any considerations of policy – or whether Labour will actually deliver much positive change

The Guardian - UK

Memo to Labour amid the Diane Abbott debacle: stop the pointless rows, stop making enemies

The party needs to move its campaign on from stories about factionalist infighting – and get on with winning, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Is Rishi Sunak facing a repeat of John Major’s 1997 landslide defeat?

The two Tory PMs both told voters the economy had turned a corner – but there is little comparison now with 27 years ago

The Guardian - UK

Labour says GB Energy will fix cost-of-living crisis with clean power

Sir Keir Starmer says proposed publicly owned company will provide lower bills and energy security

The Independent UK

‘I love campaigning’: Angela Rayner on being back in action after being cleared in tax row

Exclusive: Labour’s deputy leader talks openly about the impact on her of the Tory-led controversy about her past living arrangements

The Guardian - UK

Election blow for Sunak as IFS says Tories oversaw ‘worst income growth for generations’

A damning new report has laid bare more then a decade of languishing living standards under successive Conservative governments

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Ex-Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen says she faced ‘racism, Islamophobia and bullying’ from inside party

‘I’ve not experienced this level of relentless hostility in my life - even from the Conservatives,’ said Faiza Shaheen after she was blocked from standing

The Independent UK

Labour, Black voters and the damage of the Diane Abbott row

The strength of feeling in Hackney has been echoed elsewhere, with dozens of prominent Black Britons signing an open letter – seen by The Independent – warning the furore risked alienating Black voters, Race Correspondent Nadine White writes. But is the party already seeing damage on the doorstep?

The Guardian - UK

Jon Stewart weighs in on Labour blocking academic from standing in UK election

US chatshow host describes as ‘dumb’ decision not to endorse Faiza Shaheen as candidate for London seat over tweets she liked

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer put on the back foot over treatment of Diane Abbott

Labour spent the day in a muddle of its own making over whether or not the north London MP would be standing again

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The Guardian - UK

‘Purge’ of Labour leftwingers must end, Keir Starmer told

Labour leader accused of ‘cull’ and picking close allies to contest safe seats as others are blocked from standing for party in UK election

The Guardian - UK

SNP deletes TikTok election campaign video featuring sexually explicit song

Pretty Girls Walk by Big Boss Vette was used by the party as it promoted its policies on the platform

Evening Standard

Sir Ed Davey's best 2024 general election campaign moments: from paddleboarding to baking

Nobody seems to be having more fun during the election campaign than the exuberant Lib Dems leader

The Guardian - UK

Leading Black figures criticise Labour’s ‘disgraceful’ treatment of Diane Abbott

Open letter says party’s inability to make a decision on Abbott’s future is example of systemic racism

The Independent UK

Diane Abbott row fails to harm Labour’s support in weekly tracker poll

Exclusive: The latest weekly tracker poll from Techne UK saw support for the Tories rise by two points but Labour remain unchanged

The Guardian - UK

Conservative Mark Logan defects to Labour in fresh blow to Rishi Sunak

Former Bolton North East MP says Tory party is ‘now unrecognisable’ and likens this general election to 1997

The Guardian - UK

Which leftwingers won’t be Labour candidates in the general election?

Diane Abbott’s doubtful position has thrown a spotlight on the fate of other leftwing figures

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