
Jeremy Corbyn – ‘I don’t back Labour candidates in Northern Ireland’
Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn has come out against the party standing candidates in Northern Ireland. Speaking at a debate at the West Belfast Festival, where he got a warm reception from a packed crowd at St Louise’s school on the Falls Road, Mr Corbyn was asked about the party’s decision not to organise in Northern Ireland. The Islington North MP said Labour’s Executive has repeatedly endorsed the position “there are no plans to change that at the moment”. “Ther