The last few days has seen the sorry Falkirk affair return with a vengeance. Readers may remember that there were two people who had been seeking Labour’s parliamentary nomination for Falkirk who were accused of wrong doing in the recruitment of new members to that constituency party. One was left-wing Scottish Unite activist, Karie Murphy, former nurse and later office manager to […]
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The return of Falkirk – more skulduggery, same victim, same perpetrators
Mar 16th, 2015 by Jon Lansman.Tom Watson on Falkirk, and a lesson for Ed
Nov 14th, 2013 by Jon Lansman.Yesterday’s Sun (£) carried online a recording of Watson talking on stage with comedian Matt Forde about his friend and staff member, Karie Murphy, and Ed Miliband’s judgement on Falkirk. So you don’t have to shell out money to the Murdoch empire, nor waste time visiting the scurrilous website of Mr Guido Fawkes which features what he […]
Progress have been stoking the flames but it’s time for Ed & Len to turn the heat down
Jul 5th, 2013 by Jon Lansman.Yesterday morning, Mark Ferguson at Labour List said “it felt like the Labour leadership and Unite were locked in a Mexican standoff, both sure they were in the right, and neither willing to back down,” but by the end of the day, the heat was still rising and Progress and their media friends were still […]