Jeremy Corbyn WILL be blocked from standing as Labour MP at next election by Sir Keir Starmer

JEREMY Corbyn is set to be formally blocked from standing as a Labour candidate at the next general election.

At a crunch meeting tomorrow Labour’s ruling body will vote on a motion banning Mr Corbyn from representing the party in his posh Islington North seat.

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Jeremy Corbyn will be formally blocked from standing as a Labour candidate in a major vote tomorrow[/caption]

The vote is expected to pass with the support of Sir Keir Starmer and his allies, who make up a majority of the powerful National Executive Committee (NEC).

Banning the former Labour Leader is part of a wider drive by Sir Keir to banish the militant left wing of his party.

It also fulfils his commitment to a zero tolerance approach to anti-Jewish racism – and those who deny antisemitism exists in the party.

Mr Corbyn, currently an independent MP, was stripped of the Labour whip in 2020 after refusing to accept a damning inquiry into the racism that erupted during his four-year leadership. 

He has since been lobbying to have the whip restored so he can contest Islington North as a Labour candidate.

But last month Sir Keir vowed: “Let me be very clear. Jeremy Corbyn will not stand for Labour at the next general election as the Labour Party candidate.”

NEC member Luke Akehurst told The Sun: “I intend to vote for the motion at the NEC meeting and I expect it to pass.

“Unfortunately Jeremy Corbyn did immense damage to Labour during his time as Leader, particularly because of his failure to take action to tackle antisemitism.

“It’s vital that voters can see Labour has moved on decisively and irreversibly from the Corbyn era.”

Mike Katz, Chair of the Jewish Labour Movement, told The Sun a Corbyn ban “should surprise no-one”.

“Jeremy refused to show any contrition or responsibility for the moral sewer the party became under his leadership,” he said.

“Keir Starmer’s firm leadership on this will only win votes for Labour.”

Mr Corbyn and his acolytes plunged Labour into its worst electoral defeat for decades during the 2019 general election.

Sir Keir is desperately trying to revive the party’s brand after year’s of hard-left damage.

Last month the Opposition Leader warned cranks: “The door is open and you can leave.”

He added: “We are not going back and that is why Jeremy Corbyn will not stand as a Labour candidate at the next general election.”

A senior Labour source said: “So long, good riddance, no thanks for the awful memories, and here’s hoping the door hits him on the way out.”