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After a day of confusion over whether the 70-year-old had been barred from standing as a Labour MP, Ms Abbott declared last night: 'I am not going to allow myself to be intimidated.'
Ms Shaheen is on the left of the Labour party.
Even Diane Abbott's staunchest defenders would admit she has attracted her fair share of negative headlines. Yet in the past 24 hours, Starmer has made her an unlikely martyr.
Diane Abbott has insisted she will stand as an MP following reports she has been "barred" by the Labour leadership from standing under the party's banner.
Labor Deputy Leader Diana Abbott condemned this Wednesday. In a statement to the BBC He was barred by the party from contesting the next election. Abbott