Abbott tells rally she won't be 'intimidated' after being 'banned from running' | ITV News

Diane Abbott has said she was "shocked" to hear she would be banned from running as a Labour MP but vowed she would not be "intimidated" by "forces beyond all of our control" when speaking at a rally in her constituency on Wednesday.

The fate of Ms Abbott's candidacy has been a key question for Labour since the start of the campaign with Sir Keir Starmer saying "no decision" had been made over whether she could stand earlier on Wednesday.

She had the whip restored on Tuesday, but reports suggested she believed she had been barred from standing in Stoke Newington and Hackney on July 4.

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