Election watch: Diane Abbott vows to stay as MP | Daily round-up

Diane Abbott has told Sir Keir Starmer that she would not be “intimidated” as she vowed to remain the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington. In her first public remarks about the row over her selection, which has thrown Labour’s campaign into turmoil, she said that she intends to stay on as an MP “as long as I am allowed to”. Read al the latest here: #1717009580547 Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer. Start your free trial now: Get the latest headlines: and are websites of The Telegraph, the UK’s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.