Excluding potential candidates before members have a say is a mistake – if Labour truly wants to gain power, it needs grassroots support
It’s been a good year for the Labour party. Doing well in the polls, and with the Tories in a state of perpetual crisis – from which Rishi Sunak’s coronation may only offer a short relief – there is a rising sense that power, which has been so elusive, may be within its grasp.
But at the same time there is another story going on within the party – one that’s leaving many members and activists on the party’s left with a bitter taste in the mouth.
Maurice Mcleod is an anti-racism activist, social commentator and Labour councillor
