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Luke Farley is a Leeds-based Labour activist.
Labour’s right-wing has treated the razor-thin victory a week ago in Batley and Spen as vindication – but it exposed a stark reality: the party’s problems are even greater now than they were in December 2019.
A CLP chair writes an open letter to Labour’s leader and general secretary arguing that their restrictions are undermining political debate and democracy in the party – and placing its volunteers in impossible positions.
“Labour’s members – who dedicate their lives to campaigning for the party – will not tolerate staff on six-figure sums undermining their efforts from within.” A CLP chair calls for an investigation and decisive action.