Labour witch-hunt has started

It does make you remember the calls of ' Whitewash ' over the Shami Chakrabarti Report into antisemitism in the Labour Party .

Of course I should say Baroness Chakrabarti .

Monica - I have expressed concern about moves to deselect Labour MP's on various threads.
I wrote to the Prime Minister about Chope, copied in my own MP who wrote to me to say he planned to raise the issue with the PM. He commented that Chope supports his friends PMB. Chope's opposition to various PMB's has never included those from folks he sees as 'friends.
You'll find the majority of people who support the current Labour leadership are entirely at ease with suggestions that Labour MPs who don't fully toe the Corbyn line are de-selected. Jewish MP's like Luciana Berger are fair game as well. I do not agree with that but I support moves to deselect Chope. Not least because they come from traditional conservative voters who are members of his traditional and conservative group of Conservatives in Christchurch. If they're worried about their MP, I'm relieved.

Why is it acceptable to make moves to deselect Conservative MPs but cause cries of unfair when it is a Labour MP that is being deselected.

There are plenty of constituencies where remain supporting MP's have constituents that voted Brexit. Why should MPs who voted leave be considered unacceptable in remain voting constituencies?

About time Chope was deselected Iam64

petra it's the other way round in this constituency - perhaps we could do a swap?

There are also moves in Christchurch to deselect Sir Christopher Chope.

jalima
Probably something to do with the fact that he's doing everything he can to stop Brexit when his constituents voted 60%? to leave
He won't be the last, though.

Oh no, what has Nick Boles done?

Good to see the de-selection process has started to oust Nick Bolles Tory MP for Grantham.
They voted unanimously to start looking for another candidate.

If the leaders of the Labour Party are so dedicated to stopping anti semetism in the party why would they want their efforts! not made public ?

670 complaints since last April and 12 expelled , surely they must be soooo proud

We should havea "Twisted Wheel Reunion" ! although I don't live anywhere near there now.

I remember the Twisted Wheel too!

No trisher I would expect them to answer questions put to them by the MP’s

Oh wow! Chewbacca another one!
Annie had they attended you would no doubt be accusing them of trying to influence any outcomes. Let's face it they can't win.

Thank you POGS I didn’t have the details you have provided . Formby and Corbyn couldn’t be bothered to attend! Sickening

Something certainly is ' twisted '!

Those who deny there is a problem within Labour over bullying and antisemitism.

Twisted Wheel? I used to go there back in my long and distant yoof.

I have just read this Anniebach.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47203397

The data published revealed:

673 complaints of anti-Semitism by Labour Party members were received - a Labour spokesman said this represented about 0.1% of the membership

96 members were immediately suspended after complaints were made and a further 211 were told they would be investigated

146 members received a first warning, and 220 cases did not have sufficient evidence of a breach of party rules for an investigation

Of the 307 who were suspended or notified of an investigation, 44 members left the party
Another 96 were referred to the party's anti-Semitism Disputes Panel

Of the 96, 16 members were issued with a formal warning from the National Executive Committee, six members' cases were referred for further investigation, 25 members were issued with reminder of conduct (a first written warning), and seven members' cases were closed as the full evidence suggested no further action should be taken

The panel decided to refer the other 42 members to Labour's National Constitutional Committee (NCC), with five members leaving before their cases were reviewed

Of the 37 cases referred to the NCC, 12 members were expelled and six received sanctions, while the rest await their outcome

The other members who were suspended or notified of an investigation are either still under investigation or are cases where the investigation revealed evidence that meant the case could not be pursued further

The party received a further 433 complaints which were not about Labour party members.
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I noted the comments from Labour MP's Margaret Hodge and Catherine McKinnell:-

Questioning the figures provided, Dame Margaret told the BBC if she had submitted 200 complaints alone, the official figure of 673 complaints against party members suffered from "a total lack of credibility".

Labour MP Catherine McKinnell said there was a question mark over the "inability to produce data that predates 2018".

Corbyn and Formby obviously did not think the meeting worth attending!

673 allegations of anti semetism in the Labour Party, Jennie Formby refused to give the details, she was ordered to give the details ,she didn’t turn up at the meeting this evening, wrote a letter . 673 allegations , 12 expelled !

Corbyn refused to turn up at parliament to answer questions on this .

Result , a backlash from labour MP’s

I loved it there! (Sorry folks / off topic!!)

Small world Lisagran and great days. I did love to dance! (and still do but not much chance these days)

Ooh, Trisher I used to go to The Twisted Wheel

Perhaps one who beieves in democracy and doesn't need to buy support.

What party leader who wants to be PM speaks of supporting the booting out of a country of the U.K.

Corbyn and those that surround him are quite possibly all for calling for a ' Referendum', not on Brexit but on Irish Unification.

I think the damning evidence against John McDonnell speaks for itself and his position is pretty clear.

So the answer is a referendum?