McDonnell faked vote - Meacher furious!

[guinnessdrinker]

No he's a Bakuninite agitator. A banned, returning Bakuninite agitator too for that matter. Care to fess up which one you are "torres"?

what the fuck is a bakuninite agitator and what is got to do with the thread?

 

[chilango]

What other side - put it. All i've done is report the words of the MP and he clearly says that he did not sign any nomination papers. I'd be far happier if there was some harmless reason for this.

This is the Party that in government invaded and occuoied two foriegn countries, and misled the public in doing so.

So why be surprised IF one of their loyal MPs indulged in a little dishonesty in the leadership election?

I repeat: The Labour Party is not a vehicle for radical change. The Labour "left" is dead. Treelover, JoePpolitix etc. It's time to abandon ship....

 

[treelover]

For the last time, i'm not a LP member or supporter, i fucking hate NL, i just believe that JM could have made some difference, actually i still do

 

[butchersapron]

Have you still no interest in where this name came from?

 

[justuname]

shredded?

 

[DexterTCN]

... Fine, i found another source, the MP himself saying that he did not sign those papers....

So you're using a politician as evidence?

 

[shagnasty]

I don't know if this will shed on more light on it a letter in the guardian

ember, Unison NE

We were disappointed at Patrick Wintour's piece on the leadership challenge to Gordon Brown (Report, May 17). For the record, the rules for which left candidate went forward were agreed by us as campaign managers, not just the candidates. It was agreed that the initial meeting would look at signed declarations of support for each candidate, followed by a process of representatives from both teams checking out duplicate or uncertain declarations. Marsha Singh's declaration was one of several that were to be clarified.

This process was undertaken on an entirely comradely basis. Marsha's nomination was properly allocated to Michael Meacher, but made no difference to the overall result, which was amicably agreed. The real political story revolves around the denial of the party's right to have an election for its next leader. Both John McDonnell and Michael Meacher come out of this with great credit and integrity; the same cannot be said of an article more obsessed with tittle-tattle than the big issues of our time.
Alan Simpson MP
Mike Wood MP
Campaign managers for the Meacher and McDonnell campaigns

 

[Fisher_Gate]

I don't know if this will shed on more light on it a letter in the guardian

ember, Unison NE

We were disappointed at Patrick Wintour's piece on the leadership challenge to Gordon Brown (Report, May 17). For the record, the rules for which left candidate went forward were agreed by us as campaign managers, not just the candidates. It was agreed that the initial meeting would look at signed declarations of support for each candidate, followed by a process of representatives from both teams checking out duplicate or uncertain declarations. Marsha Singh's declaration was one of several that were to be clarified.

This process was undertaken on an entirely comradely basis. Marsha's nomination was properly allocated to Michael Meacher, but made no difference to the overall result, which was amicably agreed. The real political story revolves around the denial of the party's right to have an election for its next leader. Both John McDonnell and Michael Meacher come out of this with great credit and integrity; the same cannot be said of an article more obsessed with tittle-tattle than the big issues of our time.
Alan Simpson MP
Mike Wood MP
Campaign managers for the Meacher and McDonnell campaigns

Given that Singh was in Thailand at the time, that seems to settle the matter. It wasn't clear what his position was so it was allocated to Meacher, but it didn't make any difference anyway.

 

[laptop]

For the record, the rules for which left candidate went forward were agreed by us as campaign managers, not just the candidates.

So someone in the Meacher camp was having a hissy fit, running to political columnists, ignoring their own agreed campaign process, and demonstrating a less-than-fierce grip on reality.