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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
Talking of all of this look at this nonsense. I was rather hoping that Labour would reform themselves into a force for democracy and localism, veering away from their traditional 'top down' ways. Sadly not, they seem scared of the answer democracy may give so are trying to pervert it.
No wonder they are so into the EU. They appear to be taking lessons in disdain for democracy from it.
They made the decision to allow people to vote for a one-off payment of £3. The unforeseen consequences really weren't that had to foresee. |
I think it's clear they screwed up the supporters idea but I think they're entitled to vet people to ensure that only people with a genuine desire to see Labour do well should be allowed to vote. It's standard for political parties to expel people who are members of another party and even the supporters section has a disclaimer that you '
must support the values of the Labour party and are not a member of any organisation that opposes it'.
Mark Steel seems weird unless he is a member of the Green Party but I guess Labour rejected him because of his support for them? That probably goes too far and that needs to be kept an eye on. If they do rig the vote then the fallout will be extreme.
The idea itself is good in principle but this probably shows why parties have different methods of electing a leader.
Corbyn should be a worry by the way. He seems genuine but he has a lot of support for the more unsavoury parts of the left. They are not liberals.