Jeremy Corbyn has declared that he is to contest the general election in the Islington North constituency he has represented since 1983.
He will stand as an independent, he announced earlier today, since the Starmer leadership of Labour has barred him from representing the party.
Labour locally is now being forced to choose a new candidate from a shortlist of two imposed by the national party.
With ‘Your Party’ holding its founding conference in Liverpool this weekend, JEREMY CORBYN speaks to Morning Star editor Ben Chacko about its potential, its priorities — and a few of its controversies too
Ben Chacko talks to ALAN MARDGHUM of the Durham Miners Association about Reform UK‘s dangerous inroads into Durham’s long-standing Labour county council; why he cancelled his party membership; and the political class’s disconnect from working people



