Bassetlaw Labour MP Jo White leads the potent Red Wall Group of Labour backbench MPs. She says of a Burnham selection battle:
“Let the North decide who their Labour candidate should be for the Gorton and Denton by election. A London stitch up will be a disaster for Labour.”
White joins a chorus of backbenchers warning the Starmerite NEC against blocking the King of the North should he wish to apply in Gorton and Denton. McSweeney currently putting new batteries in the Anonyvoter machine…
UPDATE: David Lammy says:
“Please do not let us rock the boat and blow it which Labour governments have done throughout their history. That was why Labour was only in power in the 20th century for 22 years. Let’s not make that mistake again.”
UPDATE II: New UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan says:
“I’m sure all trade unionists expect a democratic process for Gorton & Denton in which local party members decide who they want to represent them. We’ve seen enough control-freakery in the Labour Party and it has done our movement nothing but harm.”
