Is Jeremy Corbyn about to lose his seat? Expelled former Labour leader, 75, fears race in Islington North seat he has held since 1983 is ‘neck and neck’ – as successor Keir Starmer continues to taunt him with ‘party of protest’ jibe

Jeremy Corbyn faces an uphill battle to keep his seat in the House of Commons despite a strong effort from his country Work to depose its former leader.

Allies of the 75-year-old hard-left icon fear the race for Islington North, the seat he has held since 1983, could become ‘neck and neck’.

Corbyn acts as an independent in the north London constituency after she was barred from representing Labor for failing to apologize for comments about anti-Semitism.

If he were to lose to Labor challenger Praful Nargund it would be a blow to the party’s remaining left-wing faction and strengthen the successor. Keir Starmer‘s hand even further.

Sir Keir today continued his efforts to kick-start the Corbyn years after being heckled by a climate protester at the launch of the Labor Party. election manifesto.

Sir Keir, who is no stranger to being interrupted by protesters, told the Green New Deal Rising activist that Labor “gave up being a party of protest five years ago, we want to be a party in power.”

It was a snide remark aimed at Corbyn’s rule, which ended after the 2019 election disaster.

The 75-year-old hard-left icon fears the race for Islington North, the seat he has held since 1983, is ‘neck and neck’.

Sir Keir today continued his efforts to kick-start the Corbyn years after he was heckled by a climate protester at the launch of Labour’s election manifesto.

The i newspaper reports this that Corbyn campaign sources believe it is a two-horse race between Mr Corbyn and Cllr Nargund.

One of them told the newspaper: ‘According to our data and projections, if enough supporters of Jeremy and his politics join the campaign and knock on the door, we will win.

‘But there is a real risk of the Labor candidate sneaking a victory if supporters stay at home thinking Jeremy can win without them.

“While we have had good numbers so far, we need more volunteer power to compete with Labour’s resources.”

Corbyn had remained a member of the Labor Party despite being expelled from the parliamentary party in late 2020 over comments he made about an investigation into anti-Semitism under his leadership.

This meant that he could technically still be chosen as a party candidate. But Sir Keir Starmer blocked his attempts to get elected until he apologized for what he said.

Instead, Corbyn announced last month that he would stand as an independent, a move that saw him automatically expelled from Labour.

He had a majority of 26,188 in the 2019 election when he stood as a Labor Party candidate. first former leader to oppose the party since Ramsay MacDonald in 1931.

He has unveiled a left-wing manifesto that includes the ban on all nuclear weapons, the introduction of a universal basic income and a wealth tax, and reparations to countries that were former British imperial territories.

Corbyn today hit back at Sir Keir’s claim that he did not think Labor would win the 2019 general election.

In an interview with Beth Rigby on Sky on Wednesday, Sir Keir was asked about his support for his predecessor in 2019 and his subsequent attempts to distance the party from Corbyn.

Sir Keir said he was “confident” Labor would lose the election but made no apology for his support for Corbyn at the time.

It comes after Sir Keir said the Conservatives have produced a ‘Jeremy Corbyn-style manifesto’ that will ‘load everything into the wheelbarrow’ without explaining how they will pay for it.

Speaking to the PA news agency, Corbyn accused Sir Keir of ‘double standards’.

He said, ‘Well, he never said that to me. And so I think there is no point in rewriting history.”

Mr Corbyn added: ‘It’s double standards, shall we say, that he now says he always thought that, but he never said it or anything about it at the time.

“He was part of the campaign. He and I spoke at events and I think it’s actually quite sad.

“Get over it and move on. He was in the shadow cabinet, he was at the Clause 5 meeting. Both meetings unanimously agreed on the 2019 manifesto, and he was there.”