Labour deselecting left-wing candidates and women of colour in first week of campaign - eviltoast
Pauline von Hellermann (@pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green)
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Attached: 1 image #GE2024 What have Labour done in their first campaign week? Deselected left-wing (not Israel supporting) candidates!! Diane Abbott (not sure but looks like it), now Doctor Faiza Shaheen, in Chingford, and more. This is appalling. Really angry. #UKPolitics EDIT: it’s become a bit of a 🧵 because i am so angry. But honestly: everyone should be very angry about this, on Faiza’s behalf and for us all.

Labour has decided to start their campaign with a bang, pruning women of colour and left wingers from the ballot due to reasons such as liking tweets sharing Jon Stewart videos. At the end of the day it boils down to support for Palestine.

Looks like Labour is doing what they can to make sure UK politics remains completely fucked even after the end of the Tory rule.

  • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    7 months ago

    It’s all about consolidation of power, isn’t it? This close to an election Labour can skip the typical candidate selection process. This allows Starmer to purge his biggest critics in the party and replace them with whatever Blairite cronies briefcase Labour has most recently shat onto his desk.