Democracy and the Labour Party – the case of Stroud
JVL Introduction
The stitch-up seems to be replacing democracy as the Labour Party’s prefered way of working.
In Wakefield not long ago the party hierarchy reduced the candidate long list to just two individuals, neither from the constituency. Needless to say there was outrage in the local party but they had to soak it up.
Comes the selection of the Stroud parliamentary candidate and what do we have – the arbitrary exclusion of front-runner Doina Cornell, a district councillor and leader of Stroud council.
How many potential Labour voters will now defect to the Greens, strong locally, rather than rallying behind a united Labour party with a popular local candidate – a choice no longer on offer.
Aaron Bastani reports on Novara Media.
This article was originally published by Novara Media on Thu 9 Jun 2022. Read the original here.
In Stroud, Starmer’s Labour is Undermining Local Leaders – Again
It’s looking like another stitch-up.
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Labour democracy is being stolen by the Conservatising confidence tricksters.
The Labour Party under Starmer, is a universe away from the True Socialist Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. Starmer’s cabinet doesn’t have a single Left MP, that alone tells us where his direction of political travel is going.