Sir Keir Starmer says “no decision has been made” to bar Diane Abbott from standing as a candidate for the Labour Party in July. The Labour leader denies that he is blocking left-wingers standing a for his party, saying “I want the highest-quality candidates”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I've said repeatedly over the last two years as we've selected our candidates
00:04that I want the highest quality candidates. That's been the position for
00:08a very long time. The situation in relation to Diane Abbott is that no
00:15decision has been taken to bar her and you know we have to remember that she
00:20was a trailblazer as an MP. She overcame incredible challenges to achieve what
00:27she's achieved in her political career. She literally carved out the path for
00:32others to come into politics and she did all that whilst also being one of the
00:37most abused MPs across all political parties. But I've always had the
00:42aspiration that we'll have the best quality candidates as we go into this
00:46election.