Labour mayor claims 'sword of Damocles' is hanging over MPs as rift over candidate purge grows 🔴 Speaking to i, Jamie Driscoll put pressure on Keir to reconsider the decision to shut him out of a selection and “let the people of the North East choose”
politician who has been blocked from running as Mayor of the North East has said candidates feel the “sword of Damocles” is hanging over them and makes the party look undemocratic to voters.to run the new expanded authority that will replace his role.from running under the oversight of Sir Keir Starmer, and it has prompted a backlash against the Labour leadership.
“It is no secret that I support the policies that Keir Starmer got elected on, but obviously as he has changed his position I haven’t changed mine. My loyalty is to people in the North East,” Mr Driscoll said. “Voters are going to look at the Labour Party and think this is really antidemocratic – if the members do not want to vote for me I don’t mind that but why aren’t they being given the choice?
“This looks like people from the central office dictating what people in the North East can vote for. Why do people in a panel in London think their judgement is better than our members? I think that is actually a bit of an indictment if you do not trust your party members to choose.”He said, however, “a lot” of Labour MPs – some senior ones – have reached out to share their support.
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