tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043332942481206469.post7042679436189690245..comments2024-03-04T15:23:07.880+00:00Comments on Northern Voices: John Spencer-Davis on the Owen Smith Bid Blanco Posnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288856212231100137noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043332942481206469.post-45004226438396270062016-07-29T10:12:34.027+01:002016-07-29T10:12:34.027+01:00The open letter to Owen Smith from John Spencer-Da...The open letter to Owen Smith from John Spencer-Davis raises once again the question of just what you have to do in the Labour party to be suspended for bringing it into disrepute, provided you have the right connections. <br />Whilst Simon Danczuk has been suspended from the Labour party for more than six months and is being referred to by the Tory council leader as 'our Independent MP, it was after a so called 'sexting' incident. It was not about the questions which arose from after he and his then girlfriend holidayed in Spain. When a number of members of Rochdale Labour party tried to ask that the matter be looked at it was they that were called before a Labour party inquiry which resulted in their expulsion. <br />If the claims made in the Spencer-Davis article are true, and I see no reason to disbelieve them, then they would seem to amount to a deliberate attempt to undermine a democratically elected Labour leader and a reckless disregard for the effect that this would have upon the public image of the Labour party should it become known to the public, as it surely would. <br />How does this make Labour a party to be trusted? How does it make Labour seem like a party that you would want to run the country? <br />The support which Corbyn has received from ordinary members of the Labour party has shown what they can do collectively if they put their minds to it. Is it not time for those same ordinary members to start demanding a proper inquiry into what seem to be long standing and determined efforts to get rid of a democratically elected leader by some 'senior' figures in the party? <br />Les Maynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043332942481206469.post-12279730253724519372016-07-28T10:46:19.035+01:002016-07-28T10:46:19.035+01:00Whilst Simon Danczuk has been suspended from the L...Whilst Simon Danczuk has been suspended from the Labour party for more than six months and is being referred to by the Tory council leader as 'our Independent MP, it was after a so called 'sexting' incident. It was not about the questions which arose from after he and his then girlfriend holidayed in Spain. When a number of members of Rochdale Labour party tried to ask that the matter be looked at it was they were called before a Labour party inquiry which resulted in their expulsion. <br />If the claims made in the Spencer-Davis article are true, and I see no reason to disbelieve them, then they would seem to amount to a deliberate attempt to undermine a democratically elected Labour leader and a reckless disregard for the effect that this would have upon the public image of the Labour party should it become known to the public, as it surely would. <br />How does this make Labour a party to be trusted? How does it make Labour seem like a party that you would want to run the country? <br />The support which Corbyn has received from ordinary members of the Labour party has shown what they can do collectively if they put their minds to it. Is it not time for those same ordinary members to start demanding a proper inquiry into what seem to be long standing and determined efforts to get rid of a democratically elected leader by some 'senior' figures in the party? <br />Les Maynoreply@blogger.com