Dear all
It is time to talk about the elephant in the room - Labour Party suspensions. Around 8,000 people according to some. There may be many reasons some members are still suspended from the Labour Party, stuck in limbo, but a lack of useful, pertinent information to those affected is just one cruel aspect of this sorry state of affairs. Legal concerns and matters may be part of the problem but we members are just ordinary folk. We are not in it for the money, the power and the glory. We have our own life stresses and strains. When we opt to commit to a political party we deserve some respect. People join for many reasons and yes some do so mischievously. But the majority join the party to show support and pay for the privilege. In some cases they work their socks off trying to get the Labour Party message out and representatives elected. If they then respond angrily on social media using a word that the party machine has suddenly decided is off limits, such as TRAITOR, do they deserve suspension? When the party has trawled back over time following anonymous complaints regarding party members the affected member is scuppered. But as previously stated if you feel a person has betrayed you or broken a promise TRAITOR is a very fitting word. Those MPs who vowed to support Mr Corbyn when he was elected September 12, 2015, but did anything but, fit that category to perfection. But as #LabourPartyPurge2 drags on tempers are fraying and people are resigning - enough is enough and who can blame them for quitting. A sensible way forward would be an amnesty of sorts. The abuse timer reset, as after all in many cases it was simply angry debate and not abuse. That would allow a date to work from. No more trawling back over social media just a clean slate and new era following your re-election in 2016. Allowing the current situation to drag on is destructive. It means people listen to Chinese whispers and gossip. That results in more anger and the downward spiral circle continues to whirl out of control. It is not rocket science. It makes some conclude the party is still split, that a further leadership challenge could follow and it provides the mainstream media with ammunition all making Labour's electability a distant dream. For the sake of us all we need to hit the restart button. With so many factions working against each other little wonder people are 'speaking with their feet' and resigning. Who will respond to this open letter? Will anything change for the better in 2016? Or is the Labour Party just too big for its boots now. Party suspensions need putting to bed. Time to move on and work toward election success with all hands to the pumps. Note: The writer is not suspended. But she has Labour values which means she cares about those that are. Do you Mr McNicol?
Barbara Simpson
1/11/2016 12:47:23 pm
An amnesty is the most sensible and mature way to go. Also an agreement that party discipline in the future will be fair and equal. Anger, violence and ruseness is not acceptable but neither is disloyalty. If the MP s don't behave what do you expect. We will never win the general election but if the rebels think that will defeat the left wing they are very much mistaken.
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Eileen
1/11/2016 09:51:08 pm
Thanks Barbara an ammesty would go some way towrad unity imo
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Alan Watkins-Groves
1/11/2016 07:28:56 pm
A complete amnesty for all those suspended immediately and a dressing down for those MPs who are not content to follow the wishes of the people who elect them as representatives.
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Michael Westcombe
11/11/2016 03:42:20 pm
Wonderful letter. Top work.
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Jeffrey Rogers
11/11/2016 09:51:29 pm
The PLP needs to recognise that they can either support Jeremy Corbyn or join us all to witness the metamorphosis of neoliberalism into fascism. It's begun here and in the USA with Trump's election. Time to take sides.
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Geoff Clegg
11/11/2016 09:53:48 pm
Now is the time for all those recalcitrant Lab MPs to get behind Corbyn
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