An Open Letter to Labour’s NEC
Published
by
Richard Kuper
JVL Introduction
The dismay and disillusion about how key members of Labour’s bureaucracy behaved after the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader is palpable.
Party activist Luke Farley captures this very well, describing the commitment of the thousands and thousands of local and constituency activists who gave their all for a Labour victory in 2017, only to find now that their very own party machine was working actively to sabotage a Labour victory.
This article was originally published by Tribune on Mon 13 Apr 2020. Read the original here.
An Open Letter to Labour’s NEC
“Labour’s members – who dedicate their lives to campaigning for the party – will not tolerate staff on six-figure sums undermining their efforts from within.” A CLP chair calls for an investigation and decisive action.
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All of those who systematically stabbed the party “in the front”, as one of these characters put it, should be expelled from the party.
Their stance of wanting the party to be defeated and getting their wishes fulfilled will do untold harm to millions of decent working people.
In another Comments section, a poster labelled them as “scabs”. He was right. They can no longer be tolerated in party they hate.
Luke Farley and others
We thank you for your service
My heart goes out to you and all the others who strived so hard only to have your hopes dashed by hidden parasites.
I joined the Labour Party in support of Jeremy Corbyn, here at last was the real thing, no more voting with the government or perhaps worse abstaining which characterised the said parasites.
I can’t see things changing and have cancelled my membership dues. I doubt labour will ever form a government, they will play the part of opposition and that’ll be it and the parasites will carry on sucking the life blood from such good people as yourself and others. My only hope is that I’m wrong.
thank you for your letter …..hopefully there will be some justice done
I’ve cried a lot this weekend… From reading the Sky leak on Saturday night to reading, watching and listening to everything I could on Sunday and Monday. And your letter made me cry too. I feel for you and for all of us who have been so terribly betrayed. We were so close. I don’t think there’s going to be a happy ending to this story. I’ve cancelled my direct debit but will wait to see what happens in the coming days and weeks as to whether I’ll reinstate it. The faith, hope and trust has gone. Keir has a huge amount of work to do to try to heal this mess and first impressions are not good. Good luck Luke x
Thank you Luke, and to all those in CLP’s up and down the country who gave so much to the GE campaigns, especially in the December 2019 campaign, activists getting drenched daily selling an election in the last weeks in the run up to Christmas. We were literally robbed, and the enormity of what we lost is still sinking in. I have cried this past few days, tears of despair and anger. What have they done? and what will be the punishment.
Well said, Luke. Here in Calder Valley, we came within about 600 votes of kicking out our useless Tory MP. Hundreds of volunteers worked tirelessly (both in 2017 and 2019). We knew we weren’t getting any support from head office in 2017, but to learn that HQ was actively working to prevent our success is devastating.
Like you, I think back to the moment we saw that exit poll, to the gains during the night, to actually winning Kensington, where I once lived and fought for a Labour victory many years ago. And now we read that while we were ecstatic at those moments, the people we employed to help bring about a Labour government were disgusted and appalled… this affair MUST be dealt with properly. I genuinely think the future of the party depends on it.
The only thing Keir Starmer will do is investigate and hunt out the person who leaked the report, and authorise a white wash. They are in control now, and I cannot see anything changing