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NEW: Labour leader Keir Starmer appeals to Black people not to leave the party. It comes after we revealed in June that scores of Black members and voters had abandoned the party membership following anti-Black racism concerns. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/keir-starmer-labour-party-black-voters_uk_5efdeccec5b612083c5868fd?ncid=other_twitter_cooo9wqtham&utm_campaign=share_twitter
When I asked Starmer about Farage's endorsement and if, basically, he's alright with that, the Labour leader stressed that him nuh keep certain company. Translation: "don't mix me". Seemed aware that it doesn't look good, keen to set record straight. https://twitter.com/Nadine_Writes/status/1278708423962570757?s=20
Re BBC interview, Starmer clarifed: "I meant ‘moment’ as in ‘a defining moment’, a turning point, & I genuinely think that reflects the sentiment that many, many Black community leaders have expressed to me in recent weeks". Expressed regret over language. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/keir-starmer-labour-party-black-voters_uk_5efdeccec5b612083c5868fd
Starmer described the Labour Party as “anti-racist” and suggested that disciplinary procedures relating to the leaked report – the handling of which lost the trust of many Black people – have already taken place internally. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/leaked-labour-report-sees-black-voters-quit-party-over-final-straw_uk_5ea70e55c5b6a30004e62cc0
Asked by @HuffPostUK about his office – whose most recent appointments he made in May, and which contains no Black staff members – Starmer described his wider plan to increase diversity across the party as a whole. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/keir-starmer-labour-party-black-voters_uk_5efdeccec5b612083c5868fd
