Keir Starmer is mistaken – it isn’t Labour’s LEFT wing tying the party up pointlessly over Jeremy Corbyn
Right-wing Labour leader Keir Starmer demonstrated his own lack of judgement by suggesting that left-wingers in the party threatening legal action over Jeremy Corbyn’s suspension would tangle it up so badly that it would be unable to win an election.
And he made it worse by releasing his claim through the hard-right Daily Mail:
‘I don’t think anybody wants to see yet more legal cases. I want to see the Labour Party focused on campaigning to win elections,’ he said.
‘We have got a massive set of elections next May, we have got a general election in 2024. We absolutely have to be focused on that.
‘So I don’t want to see any Labour Party money or time tied up with yet more legal cases.’
The only possible answer to that is: then why did Starmer’s general secretary, David Evans, suspend Corbyn’s membership illegally?
As has been thoroughly explained by now, Corbyn was suspended for a response to the EHRC report, in which he agreed with the report’s very clear finding that the amount of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party had been exaggerated by those making complaints.
The report also upheld Corbyn’s right to make such a comment, even if it caused upset.
(And let us all remember that just because a statement upsets some people, that does not prevent it from being true.)
More rational minds than Starmer’s have pointed out the obvious hole in his argument:
But he says he stands by the unfair suspension of @JeremyCorbyn.
🤔
It’s not us who caused this fight, @Keir_Starmer, but we’re going to bloody well fight it.
Jeremy must be reinstated and the longer you drag it out, the longer you’ll be “tied up”.
You have a choice. https://t.co/8Dk90CXkB5
— James Foster (@JamesEFoster) November 10, 2020
There’s no point Starmer whinging about being “tied-up” in legal cases.
You made your bed.
There’s no point Starmer moaning about unity, following the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn.
Now lie in it.
— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael_Swindon) November 10, 2020
Oh, and here’s one more pertinent point: the appointment of new general secretary David Evans has not taken place in accordance with party rules and he is therefore not properly authorised to suspend anybody’s membership at all:
FYI:
The Labour Party rule book clearly states:
“The General Secretary shall be elected by Party conference…”
This has not yet happened.
— James Foster (@JamesEFoster) November 10, 2020
It seems clear that Starmer should have read the Labour Rule Book before making wild claims about it.
Then again, it could be argued that he should have read the EHRC report before claiming that he would follow its recommendations – and then shredding them.
And as for not wanting to see any Labour time or money tied up in court cases, it may be a little early for This Writer to say too much, but… we’ll see about that.
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Judging others by his own standards perhaps?
Wasn’t it him and his right-wing colleagues who did exactly what he’s accusing the left of and lost the last election?
Note the threatening Tory-like tone he takes rather than offering a genuine olive branch !
Labour needs Corbyn now more than ever to save it from self destruction.
There’s an interesting report out that might just shed some light on Labour’s election loss…
Stammer the spammer hasn’t a leg to stand on
Him and the rest of the blairites need deselection rid us of these greedie parasites
Starmer and the rest of the backstabbing cronies should have no place in the Labour party. Starmer must resign, so he can move to Israel.
Starmer is part of the problem. He doesn’t have the skills to unite the Party. He will be happy to serve this term, loose the next election and retire shortly after with a super pension. Then becoming an elder and revered ex statesman. But this epoch
I say, again; I have never liked this person and trust him even less. Remember what he said about Black £ives Matter and his comments on racism? I saw him coming! When I said that I’d sooner vote Conservative… at least you know what the Conservatives are about. You get what you pay for, This guy is a Kinder Surprise that I’d rather not have.
Remember that I told you, way back and that’s why I left the Party. I’d rather give my money to the homeless.