For those still waiting for ballots for the Labour Leadership contest, I have just been told the following:
-I have just been reissued with an email and postal ballot today-Fri 2nd September as I have still not received one as of 12pm. I rang 0345 092 22 99, pressed option 5, then option 2. -I was told I should receive my email ballot by Tuesday (6th Sep) or Wed (7th Sep). I should receive my postal ballot by a week from the date of request-in my case, Fri 9th Sep. -The man I spoke to was very helpful, but was NOT aware of circulating rumours of 102,000 eligible people still not receiving their ballots. He did think it was "bizarre" and "strange" what is going on, though. -The Cut off for asking for a ballot to be re-issued is: POSTAL BALLOTS (Just Full Members): Wed 7th September EMAIL BALLOTS (Everyone else INCLUDING Full Members): Wed 14th September -The man advised me to NOT wait until 14th September though if you still have not received the original ballot(s), or the re-issued ballot(s). HE SAID GET IN CONTACT SOONER. Also, he said if people vote via email and postal ballot, they take whichever is received first. The same goes if you suddenly receive the original ballot(s) AND the re-issued one(s). They will only accept one vote (obviously and rightly so!). -PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT THEM ASAP -IF it is true that 102,000 eligible voters have not received their ballots, this is VERY worrying. If you add this to the 160,000 Full Members not allowed to vote, and approx 55,000 Registered Supporters not allowed to vote, that means a total of approx 317,000 people!!! That would be HALF of all the approx 640,000 Members/Supporters/Affiliates etc who thought they had a vote. -I'm sure the Electoral Services must have some explanation; maybe they are waiting for information from the Labour HQ? Who knows. But it does seem odd, IF and I say IF the Electoral Services, who deal with the General Election ballots that number at least 8 times the amount for this Labour Leadership election, are struggling, for whatever reason, to get these ballots out. What is going on? Many Thanks to Adam Samuels Op-ed: "Assem Allam is an Egyptian-born British businessman, based since 1968 in the East Riding of Yorkshire. He is the owner of Allam Marine, an industrial generator manufacturer, and owner of Premier League club Hull City Wikipedia."
He is a very wealthy man and lives in a wealthy suburb of Kingston-upon-Hull, Kirkella. Thursday evening he appeared on Yorkshire television's regional news but the story was nothing new. In an interview Allam confirmed he is certain that the Labour Party will split if Jeremy Corbyn wins the 2016 party leadership election. He also said he is prepared to fund a new political party by investing millions and has already spoken with senior Labour politicians. Was one of those MPs Hull Hessle and West's Alan Johnson? Or does he mean the old new Labour guard and the likes of Peter Mandleson, Tony Blair and a couple of well-known spin doctors? Allam surely has more pressing business sorting out Hull City football club's ongoing issues? In 2014 he threatened to sell the football club if he was not allowed to officially change the club's name; his plans failed and his big money merchandising ideas were put on hold. More recently he has threatened to sell Hull City football club more than once; manager Steve Bruce left the club following a row this summer. Perhaps Mr Allam thinks he can buy and manage a political party to suit like a football club? He has donated more than £500,000 to the Labour Party helping fund the gap left by falling Union donations. Jeremy Corbyn was elected Labour Party leader September 12, 2016, and we posted the following report six days later, September 18. Mr Allam was already publicly talking about funding another political party and pulling the plug on Corbyn, the party, its members and its traditional voters. So it is September 18, 2015: "Assem Allam is a local businessman, originally from Egypt. He is owner of the local Football League Championship team, Hull City. This week Allam has been in the news following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour party. Often business and the big money it makes do not go hand in hand with the Labour party, a political party of socialist origins. But in this case it does, or rather it did; multi-millionaire Allam has been one of Labour's top donors but that could be about to change. He is not happy that Corbyn was elected party leader but it was a democratic election when all is said and done. Whether Corbyn fans would have supported the party had one of the other candidates won the leadership election is not known; probably not in some cases but that is immaterial. Corbyn is party leader and we all have to work with what we have and that means giving the people's choice a fair chance. As always Mr Allam is prepared to put his money where his mouth is and has said he will fund Labour MP's who want to break away from the party and either form a new more left of centre party of even swing over and join the Liberal Democrats. New Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron believes his party could be onto a winner following Corbyn's victory. He has hinted at conversations with disenfranchised Labour MPs who may make the jump to the Lib Dems. Division has been done before though and it did not work. A so-called 'gang of four' split to form the Social Democratic party in 1981. Four senior Labour Party 'moderates' broke to form the SDP; they were Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams. They also believed that Labour had become too left-wing for its own good much like some Corbyn doubters in September 2015. For the two general elections that followed they joined forces in an alliance with the Liberal Party and in 1988 formed the Social and Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrats were formed in the late 80's. All the breakaway from Labour achieved was to help the Tories and Thatcher to political success, rip apart Labour and setback Labour's political success for years. Surely current Labour party representatives should take a lesson from history? Labour must know that 'together we are stronger' as after all the right-wing live by a very different adage 'divide and conquer'? The gang of four proved they were not worthy Labour party representatives when they caused a huge rift for their own ends. So let those not worthy in 2015 go their own way but do not let them try to con you that it is for the good of all. Mr Allam is used to getting his own way for a price. He has already been defeated in his quest to change the name of Hull City to the Tigers which is the team’s nickname locally. Allam wants the change as he believes it will bring financial success by way of marketing. He may be right that "rebranding the club is the only way to bring in new investment from overseas" but the FA and fans do not agree. With the help of people power Hull City remains Hull City. Can people power save Labour from his attack? Opinion: I voted for Andy Burnham in the leadership race. I am happy he was man enough to accept a job in the cabinet and respect the vote. Corbyn is party leader and unless he does something dreadful he has my support. Does he have yours?" July 2016 as the pathetic Labour coup rumbled on the Canary has reported on Assem Allam Also July 2016 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/05/top-labour-donor-offers-rebels-millions-to-defect-and-start-new/ And here we are September 1, 2016, and Allam is back in the news with the same old song. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3738698/Hull-City-staff-clean-Allam-graffiti-KCOM-Stadium-walls-ahead-Premier-League-return-protests-against-ownership-grows.html http://www.newtekjournalismukworld.com/eileen-kersey/time-for-labour-to-get-behind-jeremy-corbyn Under the inflammatory banner ““Jeremy Corbyn supporters expelled from Labour for threats to “cut Tony Blair’s eyes out and set him on fire”” The Telegraph has surpassed its level of low quality reporting.
Kate McCann, the Telegraph’s senior political correspondent, informs readers that a leaked document which contains damning evidence against Corbyn supporters, has been disclosed to the newspaper. McCann asserts that thousands of Labour Party members have used abusive language, such as the phrase contained within the headline, as well as the use of the word “traitor” to define current MPs, with some also announcing their alliance to the Green party or UKIP. McCann continues her report by attempting to discredit Corbyn for rightfully claiming that members have had their voting privileges removed over trivial matters and in some cases without explanation. In a recent letter to the Guardian, a number of comrades have exposed the tactics employed by the hierarchy of the Labour Party in an attempt to diminish the pro Corbyn vote:- http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/31/double-standards-over-abuse-in-labour-party There are many of us who have still not received our ballot papers and it is interesting that the Daily Telegraph should find itself in possession of such an inflammatory document. McMann informs readers that some of the content of the alleged evidence is too explicit to be published and maintains that the members have been justifiably expelled from the Labour Party and banned from voting. According to McMann, sexist, racist and anti-Semitic abuse has been rife. McMann has found a “source close to the NEC” to reprimand members over “false claims” regarding their suspension over trivial matters and this source goes on to claim that we are bringing the Party into disrepute and that it is “shameful” that the NEC are expected to trawl through torrents of abuse on social media “as part of this robust process." I refute this argument. A member joins a party of their choice, pays their subscription to their party of choice and should therefore be eligible to participate in the democratic process within that party. That individual may well have supported a previous party in the recent past but they have opted to support the one that they have joined. We are allowed to change our minds; one famous example is Michelle Dorrell. [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/michelle-dorrell-tory-voter-in-tearful-question-time-attack-on-government-now-supports-jeremy-corbyn-a6697691.html Michelle Dorrell Question Time in 2015.] Some members of the Labour Party may well hold views that do not always chime with the Party, for example, The Telegraph’s very own John McTernan but there is no call to examine in minute detail the contents of each individual’s social media accounts. It smacks of underhanded tactics and I find it hard to believe that the thousands of Corbyn supporters denied the vote are abusive, racist, sexist, bigots. It is most likely additional propaganda to vilify Corbyn supporters in an attempt to discredit Corbyn and justify Mcternan’s column inches while promoting McCann’s prowess as a correspondent. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/01/jeremy-corbyn-supporters-expelled-from-labour-for-threats-to-cut/ http://www.newtekjournalismukworld.com/georgie-harrison/category/john-mcternan/ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-11/leaked-emails-reveal-aggressive-style-of-john-mcternan/5149158 Many thanks to Georgie Harrison -------------------------------------------------------- A look at John McTernan's Twitter timeline Thursday and his latest retweet is this "John McTernan Retweeted Miss Politics @Pooolitics @moresignposts @DTraynier @greeninfashion @johnmcternan Good man" but we know Miss Politics of old. We blocked her some time ago as she is either a troll inciting twitter hate for whatever reason or something more sinister. Perhaps both accounts are linked or even the same person as twitter bios are often false. How many people are suspended due to fake reposrts from fake accounts? For fair play we have shared a few of Miss Politics standard tweets below for you to decide. To: Mr Jeremy Corbyn MP. Leader of the Labour Party
CC: Mr John McDonnell MP. Shadow Chancellor Letter in support of Jeremy Corbyn from Deaf and Disabled people and our allies Dear Jeremy, We are writing this letter in support of your campaign to remain Leader of the Labour Party and a future Prime Minister of this Country. You have supported deaf and disabled people’s causes for many, many years. You have spoken in Parliament. You have voted against vicious welfare reforms that have blighted our lives, often having to rebel against the Whip to do so. You have campaigned with us during court vigils, at street protests and you spoke at the ‘10,000 cuts and counting’ memorial for people who had died as a result of welfare reform. During our campaign to save the ILF when we asked the then Labour Leadership for help and got none, you publicly supported our campaign. We also recognise the long term and steadfast support of one of our, and your, strongest allies – John McDonnell. You have supported deaf and disabled people in so many ways over so many years and now it is time for us to have a chance to rally in support of you and John. We know that you have devoted your political life to supporting people and causes that really do matter to people in this country and around the world. So we know that when you talk about a new kind of politics that you mean a politics that puts people, people like us, first. As you fight to retain leadership of the Labour Party, please know that Deaf and Disabled people and our allies are with you in spirit and actively supporting your campaign. In Solidarity, Signed Anita Bellows (Disabled People Against Cuts) Linda Burnip (Disabled People Against Cuts) Ellen Clifford (Disabled People Against Cuts) Bob Ellard (Disabled People Against Cuts) Andy Greene (Disabled People Against Cuts) Debbie Jolly (Disabled People Against Cuts) Roger Lewis (Disabled People Against Cuts) Paula Peters (Disabled People Against Cuts) [A huge thank you to the more than 1,000 people who have signed this letter in support of Jeremy Corbyn. The letter is now closed for new signatures. Full letter at http://dpac.uk.net/2016/08/open-letter-deaf-disabled-people-4-jeremycorbyn-list-of-signatures/] A letter to the Guardian from just a few Labour Party members who received a party suspension letter as voting got underway to elect the 2016 party leader.
"We are members of the Labour party who have been suspended or subject to the attentions of Labour’s compliance unit. We are amazed that there has not been an outcry in the media about the tactics and methods that have been employed to debar supporters of Jeremy Corbyn from voting in the leadership election. (Corbyn attacks treatment of suspended party members, 29 August) If it had been the left that had been ringing people up at home to ask them why they have joined the party or had been trawling through people’s social media posts to find “evidence” of abusive behaviour, the air would be heavy with condemnations. It is one thing for someone to be suspended as a result of a genuine complaint of abusive behaviour. It is a different matter for party officials to openly look for a pretext to stop people from voting. If this were a public election, Labour’s officials would be guilty of corrupt electoral practices. But Michael Foster, despite having described Corbyn and his supporters in an article for the Mail on Sunday as Nazi stormtroopers, has not been denied a vote. Abuse from the right of the Labour party is accepted; a tweet expressing support for the Foo Fighters is deemed a hanging offence. If by some miracle Owen Smith were to win, the victory would be for ever tainted. Tony Greenstein, Jackie Walker, Nana Asante, Clare Ayton-Edwards, John Dunn, Jason Everson, Peter Gates, Andrew Godsell, Andy Gunton, Annette Harrison, Andrew Hardman, Simon Hinds, Allen Lane, Chris Lent, Philip Lewis Vice-chair, Camden Unison, Adam Soper, David White |
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