Bristol West Labour activist: Put power in members' hands
Channel: The Communist
Date: 16/02/2021

Kevin Ramage - an activist in Bristol West CLP and a supporter of Socialist Appeal - spoke on BBC Bristol earlier today on the stitch-up of an annual general meeting election by bureaucrats in the party. This was a blatant attack on the left of the party, and the principle of democracy within the Labour movement.

Kevin raised the need for a #RecallConference in order to challenge this Tory-lite leadership and put power back in the memberships' hands.

Listen to the rest of what he had to say in this recording, and read the latest on the developments within the Labour party here: https://www.socialist.net/starmer-and-the-right-wing-are-rattled-fight-for-a-recall-conference.htm

"We didn’t suspend members in Bristol, it was the national party. We want to fight the Tories, working class people want the Labour party to be fighting the Tories, dealing with the problems of low pay, dealing with the problems of insecure housing and things like that. But it is the national leadership of the party that has decided to conduct a one sided civil war. It wasn’t the left that suspended Jeremy Corbyn, it wasn’t the left that suspended officers of the Bristol West Labour party and cancelled our annual general meeting in November. 

"So, any responsibility for the Labour party not fighting the Tories, lies squarely on the shoulders of the leadership of the party which includes Keir Starmer. It’s time they changed course. Which is why we are also calling for a recall conference to give members the chance to break the log jam and determine a better way forward for the Labour party and where we are at the moment."

Learn more about the recall conference campaign and what you can do here: https://www.socialist.net/recall-conference-campaign-launched-let-the-members-take-back-control.htm 

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