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Jeremy Corbyn will only get the party whip back if he issues an apology for past comments about Labour's anti-Semitism crisis, Sir Keir Starmer said yesterday.
The hard-Left former leader was suspended last year after saying the scale of the problem had been 'dramatically overstated for political reasons' by opponents and the media.
He was later let back in as a party member, but he is still suspended from the Labour whip and sits in the Commons as an independent.
Yesterday, Mr Corbyn refused to rule out standing against his own party in his Islington North seat at the next election.
And he denied being part of a 'Machiavellian plot' to stage a shadow cabinet resignation to overshadow the Labour conference.
Jeremy Corbyn will only get the party whip back if he issues an apology for past comments about Labour's anti-Semitism crisis, Sir Keir Starmer (pictured) said
Mr Corbyn's ally Andy McDonald quit on Monday – prompting allies of Sir Keir to accuse the hard-Left of 'sabotage'.
Speaking to the BBC, Sir Keir said it was up to Mr
