Stoke & Crewe SWP

ALT Statement from Grassroots Left: Ian Spencer, standing as part of the Grassroots Left slate for the North East, has been ruled ineligible to stand in Your Party CEC elections on the basis of an unproven accusation that he is a member of another political party. He is not, and he is appealing this decision. Many of us left the Labour Party, or were indeed suspended or expelled, because we experienced first-hand how accusations were weaponised, how due process was abandoned, and how internal democracy was hollowed out by bureaucratic exclusion. What is happening to Ian now is uncomfortably familiar and deeply concerning. If unsubstantiated allegations are enough to bar someone from standing, if decisions are taken behind closed doors, and if members are expected to accept this without transparency, then we are heading directly towards a second witch hunt. Labour Party 2.0 in all but name. The decision to bar Ian from standing should be overturned immediately (continues)