[Jimbuna]

So.....Corbyns former concubine has finally made her mind up has she.

Diane Abbott has said that she “intends to run and win” as Labour’s candidate for Hackney North and Stoke Newington.

In a post on X, the Labour contender denied any suggestion that she had been offered a peerage in return for not standing for election and said she “would not accept one if offered”.

Sir Keir Starmer had for days refused to back the veteran MP being able to stand at the general election.

But on Friday, after a backlash against his stance from within Labour, he said she would be “free” to do so.

Responding to a story in the Guardian which claimed that Ms Abbott was still weighing up whether to run, she tweeted: “This is factually incorrect. I have never been offered a seat in the Lords, and would not accept one if offered.

“I am the adopted Labour candidate for Hackney North & Stoke Newington. I intend to run and to win as Labour's candidate.”
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