tinyclanger2 wrote: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... eremy-hunt" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Labour expels three members over attempt to unseat Jeremy Hunt
Kate Townsend, Steve Williams and Robert Park ousted over cross-party alliance bid to unseat Hunt and replace him with a GP
Am reasonably ignorant, but this seems both counteproductive and wrong.
Hi
It is a clear breach of the party rulebook as they were effectively supporting another candidate
I agree though it doesn't come over well, especially if you look at the headline in the Guardian
Incompetent though some of you think Corbyn is, you have to say that this is matched, personally I think surpassed by the shambles that is McNichol and the NEC. The 'Ed Stone' leading to a fine, the multiple expulsions and apparent war against members and now we see today in Walton and in Surrey cases of poor decision making, or at least communication
These three had to be expelled based on the expulsion and suspension of multiple members for expressing opinions on social media about other parties, let alone actively supporting them
The Walton incident also shows how the NEC centrally controlling PPC selection seems to cause issues (see also Rochdale). I think it also undermines the argument we heard about the PLP being mandated by the 'electorate' in order to ignore the opinions of local members. If you have centrally chosen candidates that are imposed on local parties and then subsequently elected I think it is pretty clear that the votes are given for the party and not the individual MP - they should keep that in mind when fighting against their local CLP which is too frequently by-passed by the NEC in London