Usdaw’s Paddy Lillis, the current chair of Labour’s NEC, said: Owen Smith the leadership challenger is postioning himself as a left-winger but also a unity candidate. It is difficult to understand how and when unity can be achieved. In my opinion Owen Smith is not truly left-wing and needs re-branding as the disunity candidate. Check out the crowdfunder here https://www.crowdjustice.co.uk/case/labour-party-membership/ You can read the court summary here https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/judgments/christine-evangelou-and-others-v-iain-mcnicol-appeal/o This is an interesting read https://heavymetalpolitics.wordpress.com/2016/08/13/labour-appeal-reasons-to-be-hopeful/ And so is this http://socialistvoice.co.uk/labour-nec-appeal-was-allowed-by-qc-who-worked-for-tony-blairs-government/ Resources: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/12/labour-wins-appeal-against-ruling-allowing-new-members-a-leadership-vote At the hearing on Thursday, Clive Sheldon QC, acting for McNicol, told the judges there was “nothing in the [party] rulebook [that] says a freeze date cannot be retrospective … That is entirely an operational matter which must be left to the NEC to determine because it knows the state of the party”. Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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