28-07-2016 15:49 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Judge rejects bid to remove Corbyn from leadership ballot

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn does not need to be nominated by his lawmakers to run in a leadership contest triggered by a challenge from one of his colleagues, a judge ruled on Thursday. Labour is locked in a bitter internal fight over its future and Corbyn, whose lawmakers have overwhelmingly backed a vote of no confidence in him, is campaigning to keep the job he was elected to last year with the strong grassroots support. A decision by the party's National Executive Committee (NE
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