I passionately believe that all members should be allowed to be heard, and be given the opportunity to vote for the candidate of their choice.
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The expulsion is one of thousands and comes after Mr McNicol declared zero tolerance on “abuse” during the leadership election.
Smith suggested Corbyn was “happy” with the Brexit result and questioned whether his rival had actually voted to Remain.
Corbyn hit back at Smith, accusing him of failing to act like a “grown up” during the debate. “He should have told people who were jeering me to keep quiet”.
Jeremy Corbyn has voiced concern that supporters have been “unfairly removed” from voting in the Labour leadership election.
Smith said he was “gutted” by the outcome of the European Union referendum and that he was prepared to fight Brexit by opposing a vote to invoke Article 50 in parliament using “absolutely every vehicle possible”.
“He’s not bothered about the result”, said Smith. He didn’t fight hard last time round.
The union leader said, as it stood, he was barred from voting in the leadership election or attending future meetings including next month’s party conference.
The shadow chancellor’s strongly worded statement, issued by Corbyn’s campaign, came after the party suspended a senior Corbyn-supporting trade unionist, Ronnie Draper.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn leads Theresa May by a wafer-thin margin among young voters, according to pollsters Yougov, while the Tory leader has an overwhelming lead among those of retirement age.
The Gazette has approached the Jeremy For Labour campaign for comment.
The visit follows the accusation from Mr Smith that Mr Corbyn is responsible for Labour finishing third behind the SNP and Conservatives in May’s Holyrood election.
Smith continued: “People in Scotland can not look to Labour in Westminster right now and anticipate us winning a general election, therefore we are ill serving the Scottish Labour party and we are ill serving the people of Scotland”.
Jeremy Corbyn failed to properly support Redcar’s steelworkers during the battle to save the industry, the town’s MP claims.
“The reality is something very, very different, of what they do in their economic strategy”.
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Mr Corbyn will also say a Labour government under his leadership would introduce a cross-departmental Cabinet committee to increase participation in the arts and culture.
