Criticism of the leader is forbidden, while thousands of members have been expelled or left in disgust
- Ken Loach is a film director
In recent weeks, I have been wearing a badge of honour. I have joined the ranks of those expelled or suspended from the Labour party. My crime? To have supported a group, recently proscribed, who oppose unjustified expulsions from the party. This is the reality of Keir Starmer’s purge.
Even before Starmer’s current, ill-judged plans to weaken the influence of the rank and file, he was waging a campaign to silence dissent and drive out many thousands of members. One of his frontbenchers gave the game away when he boasted: “He [Starmer] has locked out the hard left.”