i have left the labour party a few times - usually because of the warmongering- but will join again on monday if jeremy corbyn is elected. having a left labour leader is what i have been waiting for for 40 years so it would be foolish to ignore the election now. i am the person you read about in the press - i have, twice, been in the swp and got stuck into the factional fighting in the early '80s. in the last election i was a green party candidate after being involved in the scottish 'yes' campaign. in short i am a socialist, an active trade unionist and have always been motivated by peace and human rights. that and a loathing of the tories and all their works. at heart, i am a bennite.
anyway, i paid my £3 and have made no secret of my views and history to the local labour party. nobody has questioned my right to vote for jeremy corbyn. in fact i have been invited to stand as a delegate for the constituency party (though this may be an error)
so good for the labour party and my local MP.
what is a leftie - or anyone who cares for decency in our country- to do? we join the party and fight the tories, together.