Former Brent Labour councillor Jumbo Chan is among the signatories of a move to restore democracy to the London Region of the Labour Party through standing for its Executive Committee. Signatories from different traditions within the party will stand to 'restore party democracy and our historic pluralism, and by returning Labour to our roots, put us back onto a course to power':
We will ensure that there will be no more blocking of dedicated and capable Labour representatives, no more casting away of members' democratic rights, and no more culture of control.'
London Region was behind the imposition of external selection of candidates for the Labour slate at the Brent 2026 local election and the de-selection of many councillors that led to some defecting to the Green Party. This was followed by the NEC vetoing any attempt by Brent Labour to reach an arrangement with the Green Party after the election resulted in No Overall Control. Instead a deal was done with Brent Conservatives that is already beginning to unravel.
The different Labour traditions consulted by the initiative include Momentum, Mainstream and other organisations. Members are asked to back the Divisional candidates at their CLP meetings before June 19th ahead of the London Regional Conference on 18th and 19th July.
10 comments:
Your heart is in the right place Jumbo, however, most left leaning members have left the party. My own CLP will prbably be represented only one right wing nodding donkey.
Towerblock will have you suspended for this Jumbo
Did any of the deselected candidates have recourse to or attempt an appeal?
If Labour wants to be a Party which deserves to keep that name, it must act on what Jumbo and others are calling for.
Appeals were not allowed. Towerblock Tatler rules.
But it won't when controlled by Labour Together and other parts of its connected cohort.
Why are all these Labour Party washing their dirty linen in public? Most residents fon’t care about all this Labour back stabbing - all the want is clean streets, safe streets, fewer potholes and less Labour waste and incompetence.
Labour in Brent now depend on the Tories to stay in power so what Jumbo thinks or does is irrelevant. It is now what the Tories want and are given that counts.
28 May 2026 at 23:10 How true. I think the dirty linen bit is to embarrass Butt's Blue Labour and Kansagra's Pink Tories
Labour under Starmer has sacrificed socialist values in favour of Tory policies. Mo Butt never had any Socialist values so no surprise that he also sold our to the Tories here in Brent. It cost Mo Butt nothing as all the extra allowances the Tories are now getting are paid for Brent Council taxpayers.
Time to join labour jumbo
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