In a sentence of admirable chutzpah, Lehal admits that “the truth is the other frontrunner for leader – Jeremy Corbyn – has got thousands of his supporters to register to vote”.
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The party will continue disqualifying applicants it believes do not share Labour values even after the deadline for signing up has passed.
Labour has been taken aback by “Corbynmania”, with large crowds, passionate social media involvement and news coverage of a trim, bearded vegetarian teetotaller who says what he has believed for the last four decades with a disarming clarity.
The “Tentative Victory Party for Jeremy Corbyn” is scheduled for September 12, the day that Labour’s new leader will be announced.
The survey for The Times of 1,411 eligible voters in the contest to succeed Ed Miliband found Mr Corbyn had almost doubled his lead in a week to 32%.
Why is Labour telling me I must “reactivate my membership” before I can vote?
Meanwhile as Mr Corbyn appeared to be streaking ahead in the race, Ms Kendall made a pitch to the left of the party in an article for the socialist newspaper Morning Star.
But he was then surprised to receive an email from Unite on Tuesday afternoon saying his application was being subject to checks by the Labour party.
A TORY district councillor has been signed up to the Labour Party without his consent prior to its leadership contest.
Corbyn, MP for Arsenal’s home constituency of Islington, was the first politician to second the motion, though fellow like-minded supporters were hardly in abundance – with only two further politicians adding their signatures to the list.
But the only Welsh MP to nominate him – Huw Irranca-Davies – said he only did so to ensure a broad range of candidates, and that he intended to vote for Ms Cooper.
Whichever of them gets it I will support, but it’s up to the members and Labour supporters to vote.
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Several Labour MPs have called for the leadership contest to be suspended because of fears it had been infiltrated by supporters of other parties. A party spokeswoman said the process was “fair and robust”.
