21 Leyton and Wanstead Labour Party members resign over 'right-wing' drift

Mass resignations in Leyton and Wanstead

Below we publish a joint statement from leading Labour Party activists. We the undersigned are active members of Leyton and Wanstead Constituency Labour Party (CLP). We have all been in the party for many years and some of us for decades. Many of us have been CLP and local branch officers, including CLP chairs and […]

21 Leyton and Wanstead Labour Party members resign over 'right-wing' drift

Exclusive: The former party members, who will largely join Jeremy Corbyn’s new political outfit, accuse Labour of ‘abandoning’ its founding principles, reports Marco Marcelline Credit: Samuel Regan-Asante on Unsplash 21 members of the Leyton and Wanstead Constituency Labour Party (CLP) have resigned, alleging in a letter that the Labour Party’s leadership has “abandoned” Labour’s founding principles.  The mass resignation letter, seen by the Ech…