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Grumpy_Git
Once the candidate is selected by the CLP (and there are loads of ways for a leader to influence which option get put in front of a CLP) there's not much Starmer can do about it apart from remove the whip, tell everyone that he no longer represents Labour, and stop campaigning for him. It was obvious that this needed to happen 36 hours ago and the sorry sight of Labour reps going out to bat for the guy over the last 48 hours was utterly awful.
I don't actually think the benefit of the doubt extended to this guy is due to factionalism. I think Galloway is a bigger factor here than factionalism. But god knows I can't blame anyone on the left of the party who sees it that way - it would be entirely reasonable to do so. What a mess.