Diane Abbott says she will run as a Labor candidate and intends to win

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Diane Abbott has said she intends to stand as a Labor candidate in the election, as she denied she was offered a seat in the House of Lords to withdraw.

On Friday, Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer said the veteran MP was “free” to represent her party after days of extraordinary back-and-forth over whether she would be blocked.

The dramatic turnaround came after his deputy Angela Rayner said the UK's first black MP should be allowed to run for the seat she has represented since 1987 - breaking with her party leader.

< On Sunday, Ms Abbott said she was the “adopted Labor candidate” for her London constituency, adding: “I intend to stand and win as a Labor candidate. »

Diane Abbott (Jonathan Brady /PA) (PA Wire)

Earlier, a close ally of Ms. Abbott denounced what she denounced as a "sordid week of unauthorized anonymous briefings by overgrown schoolboys in suits with their feet on the table" who had watched "too much West Wing".

Labour colleague Shami Chakrabarti said she had advised her friend to "take time to think about what she wanted to do".

It came as hen a senior Labor figure has denied he was offered a peerage to leave the Commons, amid claims of a left-wing purge.

In her tweet on Sunday, Ms Abbott said: "I have never been offered a seat in the House of Lords and I would not accept one if offered."< /p>