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In reply to the discussion: Corbyn on ballot. [View all]Denzil_DC
(7,228 posts)26. There IS going to be a legal challenge, apparently not welcomed by either "side":
Labour donor to mount legal challenge over leadership ballot
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Michael Foster, a former parliamentary candidate, will lodge the application at the high court on Thursday afternoon.
The issue raised by my application to the court is the proper interpretation of the rules of the party, he told BBC Radio 4s Today programme, saying that Corbyn being automatically on the ballot paper for the leadership election was essentially a legal issue.
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Foster, a former showbiz agent who has given more than £400,000 to the party since 2010, came to prominence during the last Labour party conference, after he confronted Corbyn at a Labour Friends of Israel reception, angered the Labour leader had not mentioned the word Israel in his address to the meeting.
Say the word Israel, he shouted at Corbyn, who is a longstanding pro-Palestinian campaigner.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/14/labour-donor-to-mount-legal-challenge-over-leadership-ballot
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Michael Foster, a former parliamentary candidate, will lodge the application at the high court on Thursday afternoon.
The issue raised by my application to the court is the proper interpretation of the rules of the party, he told BBC Radio 4s Today programme, saying that Corbyn being automatically on the ballot paper for the leadership election was essentially a legal issue.
...
Foster, a former showbiz agent who has given more than £400,000 to the party since 2010, came to prominence during the last Labour party conference, after he confronted Corbyn at a Labour Friends of Israel reception, angered the Labour leader had not mentioned the word Israel in his address to the meeting.
Say the word Israel, he shouted at Corbyn, who is a longstanding pro-Palestinian campaigner.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/14/labour-donor-to-mount-legal-challenge-over-leadership-ballot
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Blair and his entourage definitely ran scared of Murdoch on all sorts of issues.
Denzil_DC
Jul 2016
#36
There IS going to be a legal challenge, apparently not welcomed by either "side":
Denzil_DC
Jul 2016
#26
No, it's not 'privilege'. He will have to get the votes of the party, just like challengers
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2016
#25
So which of the Monarchs-over-the-Water will you be rooting for, TiB?
non sociopath skin
Jul 2016
#8
The PLP tried to depose Attlee as leader...right after the 1945 Labour victory was announced.
Ken Burch
Jul 2016
#20
No, they need to bury it at a crossroads with a stake through its heart.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jul 2016
#30
It's not the fault of Corbyn and his supporters that your local branch can't hold meetings.
Ken Burch
Jul 2016
#40