Southport Constituency Labour Party suspended to counter ‘intimidation’ threat

Southport Constituency Labour Party suspended to counter ‘intimidation’ threat

Southport Constituency Labour Party has been suspended for a period of two months in order to prevent intimidation.

Several Constituency Labour parties in various parts of the country have been suspended earlier this year. South Shields Labour Party in the North East was suspended on April 1st amid accusations of bullying and fear.

http://labourlist.org/2016/04/constituency-labour-party-suspended-after-bullying-probe/

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