REALLY GOOD NEWS FOR OUR READERS AND SUPPORTERS

We have now completed our research into the "so called" selection interviews that have taken place over 2 weekends, under the watchful eyes of Rodwell, Twomey and an alleged cheater Rob Chapman East London coordinator paid for by the trade unions and working out of London Region.

Whats the Good news? you ask, well we have of course heard from many party members about these events, and what we can quite categorically tell you is that there are only 3 wards who have now legitimately selected their candidates.

This is because these 3 wards did not have to have their numbers made up to a quorum by the EC of Barking CLP. It is fair to say that Eastbury ward only managed to do this at a second attempt, but the reason they had the chance of a 2nd attempt is that they successfully challenged the so called membership of the EC rolled out by Barking CLP.

The other 2 wards are Longbridge because they managed to turn out their members. And Abbey Ward who turned out members, although their membership list is under investigation at the moment.

We would advise good members from Becontree and Thames that they can and should NOW challenge the decisions made at their selection interviews because the same EC members that were used for Eastbury ward were used for theirs, apart from George Shaw who was we hear too scared to show his face at the Thames meeting.

The 2 Executive members that were ruled out were Alicia Edmunds from Gascoigne Ward who has only been a party member since December and therefore does not qualify to me a member of the Executive, and Edna Fergus who was a lapsed members.

You cannot be denied the right to have the selection interviews declared null and void as Eastbury has already proved its case and Rodwell, Twomey and London Region had to accept it.

We would strongly suggest that any wards who have had candidates that they do not and will not accept imposed on them to challenge the validity of the EC and also challenge the validity of the Local Government officers imposing candidates who have NOT been interviewed for the PANEL.

There is of course always the fall back position, that a meeting of the Local Government Committee MUST be called to endorse, or not the candidates. But we would strongly urge members not to wait for this to happen, as it looks to us and many of our supporters that North Street mafia have thrown the rule book out of the window.

So at long last the power is back in the hands of the ordinary members, write your letters send your emails and challenge the decisions of Rodwell, Twomey and Chapman, these are supposed to be your decisions, the decisions you take on behalf of the community you live in, you do this because you want the best people for the job, not a bunch of ner do wells, some of whom have a real seedy past,

The door is ajar you just have to push it fully open.