• frazorth@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Mixed feelings about that article.

    The NEC, Labour’s governing body, later told Mcleod that he had been excluded because he had been absent from a council vote on the definition of antisemitism.

    Townsend was left off the longlist after a due diligence process picked out various tweets she had liked. One was by Novara journalist Aaron Bastani calling Starmer a “prat”.

    It doesn’t sound like a few of these people did their job or acted very professionally. Others sound like strange reasons, and some should have been ejected that haven’t.

    Pretty sure I read similar articles under the previous leadership, but with centerists claiming to be picked on. It’s a shame that there are a constant flow of articles about Labour infighting which makes them look a lot more disorganised than other parties, and which is why I wouldn’t expect them to talk to the press about this. There is no upside to airing your dirty laundry.