Unease over selection of prospective parliamentary candidates
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Richard Kuper
JVL Introduction
What is going on with the Labour Party and the selection of Prospective Parliamentary candidates?
The exclusion of well-known local activists from longlists drawn up by the NEC is causing deep resentment. And the exclusion of candidates on totally unspecified grounds is deeply worrying, as revealed in the case of Colin Monehen.
This article was originally published by Electronic Intifada on Wed 23 Oct 2019. Read the original here.
Palestine activist removed from Labour shortlist after smear
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Roger Silverman’s comments are in my opinion the most lucid, cogent, honest and insightful ever posted on this website.
Without being boring and verbose, and without trotting out cliches he gets to the point in a mature and balanced manner.
How hard is it for you and your chums to just say in simple terms “ criticism of the Israeli Government is not antisemitic “
It is a disgrace. Similarly in Nottingham East there has been NEC interference in our process to replace Chris Leslie. Our own CLP Chair, Louise Regan, was not shortlisted despite huge local support. NEC members took over the interviews from our elected selection committee leaving only 1 CLP representative. Louise is a prominent Palestine activist – Vice Chair of National PSC. Please sign petition:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScnB4rbhD5yCw9nKg7wJeauC9QBUSB1NiFlSMmInBcKQ8yWVQ/viewform
So sorry to hear of your removal from the candidate list Colin. I remember your speech last year and was extremely moved. The powers that be are afraid of you evidently! Keep your chin up – you have been extremely brave! Our time will come despite their cowardice.
A beautiful, moving, poetic speech from Colin.
I despair at the terrible injustices against good, honourable, decent socialists in the Labour Party.
Bad for democracy!
Is it not the case that all selections have now been frozen – leaving the regional bureacracies to determine who will – and who will not – be official candidates?
Two years+ on from 2017 and we do not seem to have progressed as a party.
All the same old Blairite dead-beats look set to be re-adopted as candidates.
Why is Jeremy Corbyn not providing leadership on this matter?
Shocking, quite disgraceful!