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He's not Corbyn, so he's literally Hitler.
I don’t remember Corbyn kicking people out of the party at will and foisting his loyalists into seats without consulting the Labour constituencies
“Starmer Purge of Labour Left Risks Undermining UK Campaign”
Is a Bloomberg headline.
Bloomberg.
I'm not sure that qualifies him as a dictator
How dare he focus on getting elected and allowing the national committee to investigate people for things like saying comments which could be classed as anti-Semitic or for behaving poorly towards staff members in the past?
Who are you referencing in this comment? Because the people that come to mind for me are Faiza Shaheen, who was deselected for, from what I can tell, liking some tweets that were critical of Israel, and Luke Akehurst, who has been selected while actually being antisemetic (but pro Israel so it's fine I guess)
I was referencing (a) Shaheen who liked a tweet saying "Every time you say something even mildly critical of Israel, you’re immediately assailed by scores of hysterical people who explain to you why you’re completely wrong, how you’re biased against Israel.
“Moreover, you can’t easily ignore them because those are not just random people. They tend to be friends or people who move in the same circles as you.
Those people are mobilised by professional organisations." . Now whether or not I agree with her viewpoint it would so clearly be twisted by the right wing media to hurl claims of antisemitism at the labour party again. When we as a party have worked so hard to get away from that smear you have to be more careful than that.
And (b) Lloyd Russell-Moyle who has had a behavioural complaint made against him. Again, it does look to be timed in such a way as to punish Russell-Moyle whatever conclusion the NEC come to as his seat will have already gone to another MP, but equally, do we want a party that don't investigate such things, or try to sweep them under the carpet? BBC News - www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5114q1x09eo
I hadn't heard of Akehurst before your comment, and have to say I'm very disappointed that he's been selected, given both of the rows I've referenced I don't think he should have been. Thank you for bringing him to my attention.