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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Oct 11, 2023 18:21:56 GMT
Local Democracy Reporter reports that Eva Jedut (councillor for Dalgarno ward on Kensington and Chelsea) has been suspended from holding office by the Labour Party. She retains the Labour whip.
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Post by maxque on Oct 11, 2023 22:57:51 GMT
Local Democracy Reporter reports that Eva Jedut (councillor for Dalgarno ward on Kensington and Chelsea) has been suspended from holding office by the Labour Party. She retains the Labour whip. From her Twitter, she seems to have some beef with Cllr Kasim Ali, the Labour leader (who seems more focused on his hot sauce than his job as councillor). He took over when Labour expelled previous leader Emma Dent-Coad, so, there is probably tensions there. |
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Post by andrea on Oct 12, 2023 5:29:11 GMT
Local Democracy Reporter reports that Eva Jedut (councillor for Dalgarno ward on Kensington and Chelsea) has been suspended from holding office by the Labour Party. She retains the Labour whip. From her Twitter, she seems to have some beef with Cllr Kasim Ali, the Labour leader (who seems more focused on his hot sauce than his job as councillor). He took over when Labour expelled previous leader Emma Dent-Coad, so, there is probably tensions there. She is being investigated by the party for islamophobia www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/west-london-labour-councillor-under-27856573 |
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Post by timrollpickering on Oct 12, 2023 18:07:14 GMT
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Post by uthacalthing on Oct 29, 2023 16:41:33 GMT
Ho ho ho, that makes me chuft. The term Syrian New Scots was much beloved by the SNP, and Aberdeenshire had a colony of refugees in Inverurie. We got a paper before us at Social Work and Housing and I spoke at some length. I welcomed them, hoped that circumstances would be such that we did not have to accept more, but stated that we could if we had to, and if so we had to be careful to find a balance between grouping together for mutual support and avoiding creating a ghetto. I expressed my discomfort with the term Syrian New Scots, as firstly, they were not yet Scots and secondly, may have no wish to be The SNP denounced my comments, fat drunk MSP Maureen Watt in particular. Some fat Labour Weegie MSP who had never heard of me agreed with them. The Scottish Tory Party privately assured me that I had done nothing wrong, then told me what they intended to say publicly. I told them if they did that I would resign pronto. Their press release said that Councillor Wallace had been reminded of the need to be careful with language. I resigned from the party next day As such I never did find out how many of the predominately gay functionaries in central office were intimate acquaintances of Lord McInnes of Morningside, the Party Director |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Oct 29, 2023 19:27:12 GMT
Ho ho ho, that makes me chuft. The term Syrian New Scots was much beloved by the SNP, and Aberdeenshire had a colony of refugees in Inverurie. We got a paper before us at Social Work and Housing and I spoke at some length. I welcomed them, hoped that circumstances would be such that we did not have to accept more, but stated that we could if we had to, and if so we had to be careful to find a balance between grouping together for mutual support and avoiding creating a ghetto. I expressed my discomfort with the term Syrian New Scots, as firstly, they were not yet Scots and secondly, may have no wish to be The SNP denounced my comments, fat drunk MSP Maureen Watt in particular. Some fat Labour Weegie MSP who had never heard of me agreed with them. The Scottish Tory Party privately assured me that I had done nothing wrong, then told me what they intended to say publicly. I told them if they did that I would resign pronto. Their press release said that Councillor Wallace had been reminded of the need to be careful with language. I resigned from the party next day As such I never did find out how many of the predominately gay reactionaries in central office were intimate acquaintances of Lord McInnes of Morningside, the Party Director Are people from England who have moved to Scotland referred to as 'New Scots'? |
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Post by uthacalthing on Oct 29, 2023 19:31:51 GMT
Funnily enough, they are not.
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Post by hullenedge on Nov 14, 2023 8:20:17 GMT
Ebrahim Dockrat, Kirklees, Labour, Batley East (elected at the August by-election). Suspended for sharing anti-semitic material.
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Post by rcronald on Nov 14, 2023 8:37:46 GMT
Ebrahim Dockrat, Kirklees, Labour, Batley East (elected at the August by-election). Suspended for sharing anti-semitic material. I wonder if some of the Labour councillors in Batley secretly voted for Cat-Boy George in the by-election. |
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Post by batman on Nov 14, 2023 9:48:59 GMT
Highly unlikely. If they felt that way they wouldn't have remained in the Labour Party. I've never come across anyone in the Labour Party, even amongst Jeremy Corbyn's most fanatical adherents, who has had a good word to say about Galloway.
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Post by stb12 on Nov 14, 2023 10:17:06 GMT
Highly unlikely. If they felt that way they wouldn't have remained in the Labour Party. I've never come across anyone in the Labour Party, even amongst Jeremy Corbyn's most fanatical adherents, who has had a good word to say about Galloway. There were rumours that Corbyn was considering readmitting him if I remember right? Although it died down pretty quickly |
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Post by batman on Nov 14, 2023 10:30:26 GMT
There were rumours but I don't think they were well-founded. Quite apart from Galloway's undeniable antisemitism, and apologism for fascist genocidal régimes, his rape apologism would have made a readmission inconceivable. There was anger all over the Labour Party at the appalling way that Galloway treated Naz Shah and Corbyn is unlikely to have been an exception to that.
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Post by Chris from Brum on Nov 14, 2023 10:46:24 GMT
Highly unlikely. If they felt that way they wouldn't have remained in the Labour Party. I've never come across anyone in the Labour Party, even amongst Jeremy Corbyn's most fanatical adherents, who has had a good word to say about Galloway. There were rumours that Corbyn was considering readmitting him if I remember right? Although it died down pretty quickly Not least because Galloway had recently stood against an official Labour candidate in a parliamentary election. |
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Post by mattbewilson on Nov 14, 2023 11:02:51 GMT
Even the most left wing members haven't a good word to say about George Galloway
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Post by The Bishop on Nov 14, 2023 11:25:14 GMT
There were rumours but I don't think they were well-founded. Quite apart from Galloway's undeniable antisemitism, and apologism for fascist genocidal régimes, his rape apologism would have made a readmission inconceivable. There was anger all over the Labour Party at the appalling way that Galloway treated Naz Shah and Corbyn is unlikely to have been an exception to that. To his credit, I'm pretty sure Corbyn actually called out Galloway's horrific 2015 campaign. They had got on pretty well previously - he infamously tweeted something fairly supportive after GG won the 2012 by-election - but that seems to have permanently soured relations between them. And whilst some Labour members very likely voted for him in the 2021 Batley and Spen contest, I would seriously doubt that any councillors did. |
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Post by matureleft on Dec 1, 2023 5:13:36 GMT
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Post by ricmk on Dec 1, 2023 9:10:13 GMT
Procedural one, but Labour say they have "removed the two councillors under investigation from committees and outside bodies" How can they do that? Those appointments are made by the Council surely and it's a Council decision for them to be removed? For example one body mentioned is SACRE that I know about - in MK at least they have formal voting rights allocated, so doing this will cause real operational problems unless they are being replaced ahead of the next meeting.
Sure, remove all party positions and exclude from group meetings, but that's not normal for a party suspension is it? Or is it that MK is a special case where the parties don't have individual ability to exclude from external bodies / committees once appointed?
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Post by Khunanup on Dec 1, 2023 9:34:57 GMT
Procedural one, but Labour say they have "removed the two councillors under investigation from committees and outside bodies" How can they do that? Those appointments are made by the Council surely and it's a Council decision for them to be removed? For example one body mentioned is SACRE that I know about - in MK at least they have formal voting rights allocated, so doing this will cause real operational problems unless they are being replaced ahead of the next meeting. Sure, remove all party positions and exclude from group meetings, but that's not normal for a party suspension is it? Or is it that MK is a special case where the parties don't have individual ability to exclude from external bodies / committees once appointed? With us, most outside body decisions are made by cabinet, including SACRE, whilst only a handful are the responsibility of full council (Fire Authority, Police and Crime Panel, Langstone Harbour Board etc.). Committee places are all done at Full Council though so there has to be a vote on any changes in that forum (and if they're outside the group there would be a proportionality change so they would individually or collectively be due seats on committees in their own right). But you can remove at any time in the year via those channels. |
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Post by Crimson King on Dec 1, 2023 9:42:23 GMT
given that outside bodies meet intermittently, removing someone from them is a bit academic until the next meeting comes along. What groups get what places is driven largely by proportionality rules, with the choice of which group members get which places for the groups to decide. Although the appointments are techically for the council it is probably (in most places) a rubber stamp of a list drawn up by whips.
As long as their is a council meeting before the next meeting of eg SACRE no problem.
I suspect a more accurate if more longwinded and less comprehensible to the public form of words would be. “ they will no longer be permitted to sit on outside bodies as part of the allocation to the Labour group and their formal removal and appointment of a replacement labour representative will take place at the earliest opportunity”
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Post by iang on Dec 1, 2023 10:29:50 GMT
Yes, in Brum for SACRE at least it's a three stage process. Party nominates person, SACRE itself agrees to nomination, all new nominations get nodded through at next Full Council. So on that basis, the party concerned could change the nomination. It would be somewhat academic here, as no Labour cllrs ever actually attend
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