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Socialist Emma Dent Coad says she'll likely stand as Independent MP after ‘very positive’ crowdfunding response
Emma Dent Coad says it is “very likely” she will stand as an independent MP for Kensington 

SOCIALIST Emma Dent Coad has said it is “looking very likely” she will stand as an independent MP for Kensington as donations flooded into her crowdfunded electoral campaign.

In an interview with the Morning Star, the former Labour MP who left the party in April, said she had been convinced by the “very positive” responses she received over the last 24 hours.

Many donations credited her campaigning for survivors of the Grenfell Tower disaster shortly after her shock election victory over the Tories as the west London constituency’s MP in 2017.

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