Jeremy Corbyn has been formally blocked from standing as a Labour MP at the next election, prompting leftwingers to fiercely criticise Keir Starmer’s “authoritarian” and “divisive” move. Momentum founder Jon Lansman, who was once one of Corbyn’s closest allies, said Starmer is “behaving like some kind of Putin of the Labour party” who has failed to fulfil his leadership promise of ending factionalism. Labour’s national executive committee (NEC) on Tuesday backed Starmer’s motion to block Corbyn from standing as a party candidate with 22 votes to 12. The motion did not explicitly mention antisemitism. Instead, it said Labour’s electoral prospects...
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