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That's the yearly Progress event, a soft left / centre left Labour organisation, and I read it in the same way - him sarcastically calling out other people's behaviour.
Wrt to some of the other replies, unless the people criticising this principle were complaining as vociferously about when Corbyn greatly expanded the use of parachuting of his favoured candidates into safe seats, I'd say they were on shaky ground, consistency-wise.
I also don't think that 'but he's an elite remainer' stuff will stick. That culture war is done. And it's a shame to see ostensible Labour supporters repeating tory attack lines to damage the credibility of a GP, but I guess that's where we are. Many of us on the left would rather attack our own side than the people in power.
EDIT: Worth noting that this 'parachute' is done with the full support of the local CLP ('Paul Williams was the standout choice of the CLP and we are delighted with this decision') which is extremely different to Corbyn's approach when he was parachuting his favoured candidates - which led to resignations in protest, against an MP who is currently undergoing trial for harassment.