Sir Keir Starmer says Diane Abbott is "free to go forward" as a Labour candidate in the election. Ms Abbott had the whip restored on Tuesday but media reports said she had been banned from standing as a Labour candidate at the next election. Report by Czubalam. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 Diane Abbott was elected in in 1987 the first black woman MP. She's been a trailblazer.
00:06 She has carved a path for other people to come into politics and public life.
00:12 The whip has obviously been restored to her now and she is free to go forward as
00:17 a Labour candidate. She's free to go forward as a Labour candidate. The whip is
00:22 back with her, it's been restored and of course you know she was a trailblazer
00:27 for many many years and has cleared the path for others to come into politics.
00:32 So, a formidably matter for the NEC but I've not expressed a view up until now.
00:37 She's free to go forward as a Labour candidate.