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A High Court judge could take Jeremy Corbyn out of the Labour leadership race
Reuters
The High Court will rule on whether Jeremy Corbyn has the right to win an automatic place on Labour's leadership ballot on Tuesday.
The legal challenge has been launched by Labour donor Michael Foster, whose lawyers will argue that the National Executive Committee (NEC) made the wrong decision in giving Corbyn an automatic spot on the ballot paper.
If the judge chooses to overturn the NEC's decision, Labour is expected to reopen nominations for its leadership race, according to The Guardian.
This would allow Corbyn a chance to try and gather the 51 nominations from Labour MPs and MEPs to be able to re-enter the race. However, due Corbyn's unpopularity among Labour MPs and MEPs, it could mean that he is taken out of the leadership race.
Reuters"The nominations have closed, so if Michael Foster were to win the legal case, then we would have a coronation for Owen Smith. It would make the whole thing a farce," a source close to Corbyn told PoliticsHome.
"It would be legally questionable if the NEC, having said that Jeremy should be on the ballot paper, if he is then not on it. It would be in the NEC's interests to re-open nominations at the very least."
Corbyn faces Owen Smith, the former Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, in the party's leadership election.
Corbyn is strong favourite to win the vote among Labour members if the NEC's decision is not overturned. The winner is due to be announced on the 24th September.
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