Jeremy Corbyn has retained his Islington North seat as an independent MP after he was expelled from Labour in May.

Corbyn led the charge of single-issue candidates who campaigned largely against Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza.

Earlier in the day, Corbyn had taken to X/Twitter to make clear that he was basing his campaign not on local issues but on Israel.

"Today, Palestine is on the ballot (sic),” he wrote.

“If you re-elect me as an Independent MP in Islington North, I promise to always stand up for the people of Gaza, and for the only path to a just and lasting peace: an end to the occupation of Palestine.”

He was rewarded with victory, with supporters greeting the news with cries of “free Palestine”.

    • @IndustryStandardOP
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      93 months ago

      Good old times when everyone still believed all criticism of Israel was Anti Semitism.

    • @NOT_RICK
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      33 months ago

      That’s wack. Also a pretty lame excuse “they didn’t get their permission slip signed first!”

  • @OccamsTeapot
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    213 months ago

    Go Corbyn! Despite all the smears he remains a good person fighting for what is right

  • @[email protected]
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    163 months ago

    The fact that Starmer ran a health-care privatisation advocate against him shows arrogance: “support the rightmost extents of possible Labour policy or be counted with the antisemites”.

  • @tankplanker
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    103 months ago

    Rather Corbyn than the asshat Labour fielded against him. If they’d picked someone who didn’t have a hard on for privatisation they might have won…