in the uk and around the world. hello. there s still confusion tonight over whether the long serving labour mp, diane abbott, can stand in the general election. her suspension from the party ended last night, following comments on race that she made in a letter to a newspaper last year. but she told supporters in east london this evening, that labour wants her excluded from parliament, a claim sir keir starmer says isn t true. joe pike has our top story. will you be standing as an independent? at the last election, she was labour s pick to be home secretary. this time round, diane abbott may not be allowed to run for the party at all. they just want to be excluded theyjust want to be excluded from parliament. 50 they just want to be excluded from parliament- parliament. so what happened to olitical parliament. so what happened to political independence? - what s your message to keir starmer? this morning, she told the bbc, i am banned from standing as a labour candidate.