Dear All
Culls are useful political tool to reset a party where the
elected MPs have gone rogue, although dissent is healthy in the political
eco-system, there comes a point where effective management dictates a cull.
There are many Labour MPs who don’t like Jeremy Corbyn, the
last leadership election solved nothing but some have jumped ship to the
private sector. Those that have jumped ship are no loss to the party.
If you have spent anytime watching the ‘civil war’ in Labour
you are aware how unhealthy this is for the party. At present there are two
Labour Parties operating, the Blair version, a clone of the Conservatives and
the momentum version which has Corbyn as the leader.
At some point things will come to ahead and that means
momentum candidates challenging the Blair faction for seats.
It is said that some Labour MPs could vote against the leadership
on Brexit, in effect defying Corbyn but also the public. The Labour Party is in
dire straits, people want a Labour Party back which stands up for working class
people. The vanguard of the working class people are the working class, this
however has been taken over in the party by the middle class.
The result has led to the collapse of Labour as graphically
seen in Scotland .
I hope that dozens of Labour MPs do go against the party's
leadership if there is a vote on starting the Brexit process. Let these people
show their true colours, let the people see them as they really are, out from
the shadows and into the cold light of day.
Then people can understand why the Labour Party members must
chose new MP candidates.
Jeremy Corbyn has said all his MPs will be told to approve
the triggering of Article 50 because they should accept the result of last
year's referendum. This is what leadership is all about, focus on a direction
of travel, sadly the middle class ‘rebels’ don’t want this, they want a middle
class clone of the Conservatives offering people no real choice.
In June's referendum, 51.9% of voters backed leaving the EU,
while 48.1% supported remaining in the 28-nation group, it was a tough fight, a
small band of people including myself fought the good fight with hardly any
time, money or resources.
And we won!
The victory was very much a people’s victory, it was a
statement that sovereignty must return to the British people from the unelected
and anti democratic elite of the EU who are bring European countries to their
knees in their drive to create a European Super state.
Corbyn has said:
"I have made it very clear that the Labour Party
accepts and respects the decision of the British people. We will not block Article
50."
The problem with that statement is that although Corbyn has
the backing of his part of the party, the other side don’t agree with between
60 and 80 of the party's MPs ready to defy the leadership if there is a vote in
Parliament. If these Labour MPs defy a three-line whip then every one involved should
be suspended and barred from standing again as a candidate at any level within
the Labour Party.
This is the real test which Jeremy Corbyn must pass if the
Labour Party is to go forward as a party.
Labour's Mike Gapes has been outspoken in his criticism of Corbyn
in the past, told the Ilford Recorder he would not be toeing the party line.
I would have him suspended pending an investigation, if his
comments are true, I would remove the whip from him for the rest of this
parliament without a second thought.
There is a pain barrier which the Labour Party needs to go
through, in Scotland ;
the sole Labour MP Ian Murray is said to going to Jeremy Corbyn and vote
against triggering Brexit countdown. Murray
is an ally of Kezia Dugdale, her leadership is looking less secure as momentum
fully intend to get rid of her as soon as possible.
Ian Murray should be suspended pending investigation; the Labour
Party cannot tolerate him defying a three-line whip. Once suspended this will
send a clear message to the Blair faction, you are there to serve the party and
the leader to ensure the return of a Labour Government. Clearly what Murray is doing is
undermining the party and the leadership, Labour must get rid of him.
It is funny, when you start getting rid of people, other
people start to ‘wise up’, they start asking themselves questions, questions
like can I pay the mortgage, will I be able to get another job, will I be able
to pay the bills and put food on the table.
As a justification, Labour MP Mike Gapes cites:
"I will show the same loyalty he did when he voted, 500
times, against the Labour whip under successive party leaders. The people of Britain
did not vote to become poorer and I will not vote in favour of any deal that
would see us leave the single market."
He has overstepped the mark, not on his comments about
Corbyn defying the whip but him defying the national interest of the British
people.
If he wants to be ‘principled’ he can go join the
unemployment queue and take his chances on JSA.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
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