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STATEMENT FROM MOMENTUM NCG ON PANORAMA SETTLEMENT
Labour has made apologies over last year’s Panorama programme, despite reports that the legal advice received by Labour said the Party would have likely won in court because it had strong legal defences.
Labour has made apologies over last year’s Panorama programme, despite reports that the legal advice received by Labour said the Party would have likely won in court because it had strong legal defences.
Labour must be honest and transparent with its members by publishing this legal advice. Labour members deserve to know how much of their money has been spent in these settlements and whether or not these settlements were in line with the legal advice the Party received.
Any apologies or concessions made while the inquiry into the leaked report, led by Martin Forde QC, is ongoing, could run the risk of undermining that inquiry.
Members are still waiting for answers and justice over the contents of the leaked report.
Members are still waiting for answers and justice over the contents of the leaked report.
This includes allegations of racism, sexism, ableism and abuse towards Labour MPs and pro-Corbyn staff, and allegations about attempts to undermine Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership and work against a Labour victory in the 2017 General Election.
The leaked report also made allegations about failures by the Labour Right in dealing with complaints of antisemitism and Islamophobia and argued that factionalism played a significant role in this.
Many of these allegations countered the claims made in the Panorama programme and it is clear that, if a Panorama programme on the subject of antisemitism in the Labour Party were made today, it would be very different were it to reflect the contents of the leaked report
Today’s news is another example of why it is so important that we elect representatives to Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) who will be a strong voice for grassroots members and fight for justice over the leaked report.
We urge members to stay in the Party or rejoin if you have left or lapsed and vote for the Grassroots Voice ( @future_we_need) candidates for Labour’s NEC. It is only by staying in the Party that we can prevent a repeat of the injustices exposed in the leaked report.
From advocating hugely popular socialist policies, to tackling endemic racism and sexism in Party workplaces alleged in the leaked report, and preventing a return to past purges and stitch ups by the Labour Right, these candidates will fight for the future we need.
