Threat to moderate Labour MPs grows as deselection gets easier

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Labour MPs could face a lower threshold for deselection after the party’s ruling body backed rule changes to make it easier for constituency parties to challenge incumbents. At present MPs face a trigger ballot — which could force them to … Continue reading →

Poll reveals Corbyn support fading away

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Jeremy Corbyn’s support among people who voted Labour in the 2017 general election has shrunk markedly, fuelling fears that “peak Corbyn” has passed, a YouGov poll for The Times reveals. About 63 per cent of Labour voters in the 2017 … Continue reading →

Field Day

LEADING ARTICLE August 31 2018, 12:01am, The Times Field Day The Labour left has finally got its man in Birkenhead In A Strange, Eventful History, his intellectual history of the Labour Party, Edmund Dell chronicles the abject failure of economic socialism. … Continue reading →

Anti-Semitism row: Frank Field resigns Labour whip

Veteran Labour MP Frank Field has quit the party’s group in Parliament, saying the leadership has become “a force for anti-Semitism in British politics”. The Birkenhead MP also blamed a “culture of intolerance, nastiness and intimidation” in local parties. A … Continue reading →

Labour frontbencher spent thousands in taxpayer cash on legal battle with Jewish aide

A Labour frontbencher spent thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ cash in a legal row with his Jewish Parliamentary assistant after she accused him of religious discrimination. Shadow Europe minister Khalid Mahmood was taken to an employment tribunal by his staff … Continue reading →

Jewish Labour MP ‘feels unwelcome’ after Corbyn comments

A Jewish Labour MP has said she feels “unwelcome” in the party after a video emerged showing Jeremy Corbyn accusing British Zionists of having “no sense of English irony”. Liverpool Wavertree MP Luciana Berger described the Labour leader’s comments, in … Continue reading →

Labour MP Chris Williamson’s ‘democracy roadshow’ criticised

An ally of Jeremy Corbyn’s has rejected claims he is using a tour of Labour constituencies to push for the removal of critics of the party leader. Chris Williamson said his “democracy roadshow” was an attempt to engage seriously with … Continue reading →

I won’t stand for Labour in Sheffield Hallam because of anti-Semitism in the party, says ex-candidate Oliver Coppard

A former Labour Parliamentary candidate for the Sheffield Hallam seat says he will not be standing for the role again because of his concerns about anti-Semitism within the party. Oliver Coppard, who took on then-Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in … Continue reading →

Labour leaflet, a let down

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Listening to residents? 2 drop in’s since scrapping of Area Assembly , one was at Unity Centre a not very welcoming place . Eastwood residents would like more Joint Drop in’s with police and council at least once a month … Continue reading →

Labour Anti-Semitism row in one suspension

Labour suspends ex-MP over remarks on antisemitism row Jim Sheridan accused Jewish community of colluding with ‘Blairite plotters’ Labour has suspended a former MP who accused the Jewish community of colluding with “Blairite plotters” to damage the party, as a … Continue reading →