My views have been clear from day one about Momentum and challenged repeatedly on Gransnet but I think some people are coming to understand what a few have been saying since Momentums inception to support Corbyn the individual not the Labour Party and called Momentum ' a party within a party ', a fact vehemently denied by many. If you dared to mention Trotskyist, far left connections boy oh boy were you out on a limb.
Now the chickens are coming home to roost. It was interesting to listen to the BBC Daily Politics program 8.12.16 interviewing left wing journalist Paul Mason , a Momentum member and praised by some Gransnetters. He has been full on in support of Momentum but some truths are becoming indefensible and at least he was honest.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38258143
labourlist.org/2016/12/paul-mason-on-the-brink-of-quitting-momentum-as-internal-democracy-row-continues/
Are there truths in the BBC headline ' Is Momentum at war with itself'? I find some points raised by the Workers Liberty Party interesting.
www.workersliberty.org/node/27367
Extracts
'The writer Paul Mason told the BBC Daily Politics on 8 December that, although he had "never been to a Momentum meeting", he demanded a purge. "If Jill Mountford [a National Committee member of Momentum]... remains basically an expelled member of the Party and remains in Momentum, I will not remain in Momentum".'
'Remember: the Compliance Unit could well expel Paul Mason - he is an ex-member of a Trotskyist group, and surely has said unkind things about Labour right-wingers on social media.
Owen Jones, another figure on the fringe of Momentum, another one who could well be expelled by the Compliance Unit if they choose, has used the Guardian to claim that the issue in Momentum is "a takeover bid by Trotskyist sectarians".
Mason, Jones, and others should put aside their megaphones. They should come and discuss the best way to build unity and effective campaigning for Momentum.'
Both Mason and Owen Jones have been lauded by some posters yet even they are seemingly becoming a problem to some in Momentum, if they are seen as such then that lord knows how Joe Soap who joined with the very best of intentions are viewed.