A former Labour councillor has said he will sue the Labour Party and the affiliated body he is a member of if they do not give him a vote in the Leadership election.
Jonathan Bishop, who served on two minor authorities for the Labour Party, says it and the centre-left group, Labour’s Progressives – of which he is a member – are breaching their statutory duty to process information about him accurately.
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IT’S ALL BLAIRITE: Jonathan Bishop (AKA Dzon) is pictured with fellow Blairite, Kim Howells. Courtesy: Jonathan Bishop LImited
Bishop is a former Labour Party councillor, officer and member, and says despite standing against a Labour candidate at the last election and being an officer in a different political party he meets the criteria to vote. “I like all other members of Labour’s Progressives 100% believe in the aims and mission of the Labour Party as put in place by Tony Blair,” he said. “I joined the Labour Party as New Labour, left it when Ed Miliband said New Labour was over, and I still see myself as New Labour.
“It is most other members of the Labour Party who do not believe in Tony Blair’s changes that should not be allowed to vote, as even my local Labour MP says he does not support the Blairite changes to Labour’s aims and mission.
“I support the values of the wider Labour Movement as much as I do Labour’s aims and mission, but think it can be better achieved through responsible capitalism.
“It is most other members of the Labour Party who do not believe in Tony Blair’s changes that should not be allowed to vote, as even my local Labour MP says he does not support the Blairite changes to Labour’s aims and mission.
“I support the values of the wider Labour Movement as much as I do Labour’s aims and mission, but think it can be better achieved through responsible capitalism.
“I feel like I am a New Labour exile of a party whose aims and mission I support.
“I should not be excluded for standing against an official Labour candidate who does not believe in Tony Blair’s changes to the party’s rules, nor because I am an officer of a party with no members and no policies which is not in opposition to Labour, but founded as a co-operative like the Co-operative Party, which is Labour’s sister party.“
“I should not be excluded for standing against an official Labour candidate who does not believe in Tony Blair’s changes to the party’s rules, nor because I am an officer of a party with no members and no policies which is not in opposition to Labour, but founded as a co-operative like the Co-operative Party, which is Labour’s sister party.“
