SCOTTISH Labour have been accused of blocking left-wing MSPs from standing for election at Holyrood.
Jackie Baillie, the party’s deputy leader, was accused of wielding “absolute power” in her role as chair of a Scottish Executive Committee (SEC) sub-committee, the party’s governing body.
MSP Monica Lennon, who challenged Sarwar for party leader in 2021, is reportedly being left “without a route” to stand for re-election, with her seen as out of favour with the leadership, the Scotsman reports.
Lennon previously stood in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency in 2021, but was unable to put herself forward for the upcoming by-election in that seat without resigning as a regional list MSP.
The party has chosen Davy Russell as their candidate for the by-election taking place on June 5.
A party source told the Scotsman: “Monica isn’t sure if she will be able to stand next year. At the moment she still wants to stand, but she’s not a candidate.
“There wasn’t really a route for her to put herself forward for the by-election in the seat she was the candidate in 2021. It would have involved her resigning from Parliament.
“If Davy wins, he will be the candidate next time. If he doesn’t win, I think there’s a good chance he’ll still be the candidate next time. If there hadn’t been a by-election, I think there would have been a pretty good chance Monica would have been the candidate for Hamilton. That looks like that’s off the table now.
“There’s a (SEC) sub-committee that deals with selections. But it’s basically Jackie Baillie that decides selection stuff. Monica is pretty much at the stage that whatever will come will be.”
It is understood that Lennon, alongside several other sitting MSPs thought to include Sarah Boyack and Foysol Choudhury, are yet to clear the selection process chaired by Baillie.
“If Davy wins, he will be the candidate next time. If he doesn’t win, I think there’s a good chance he’ll still be the candidate next time. If there hadn’t been a by-election, I think there would have been a pretty good chance Monica would have been the candidate for Hamilton. That looks like that’s off the table now.
“There’s a (SEC) sub-committee that deals with selections. But it’s basically Jackie Baillie that decides selection stuff. Monica is pretty much at the stage that whatever will come will be.”
It is understood that Lennon, alongside several other sitting MSPs thought to include Sarah Boyack and Foysol Choudhury, are yet to clear the selection process chaired by Baillie.
It’s the same tactic starmer used during the last GE , was reports of many left leaning members being removed, worse a lot of trans candidates were removed and specifically targeted by Labour if standing for other parties.
Labour forget themselves. They tarnished Jeremy Corbyn along with the media. Never helped him. Labour are tories in a red tie. Lib Dem’s would just be the same as the first 2, reform want all workers rights took away. We’re fucked and no one will convince me they will really help the ordinary man. And Tory’s are just Cnuts.
I’m absolutely target market voter for them, and yet at every single opportunity, they do the complete opposite of what I would want them to do. It’s so depressing.
Foysol Choudhury is an excellent and popular MSP and out of the various I’ve engaged with in my area he stands out. I’m not even a Labour voter anymore but still sometimes gave them my second/additional vote because of people like him.
No surprise, sadly, that Scottish Labour appear to be following Labour HQ in the purge. Although I suppose the signs were there when Leonard was ousted to make way for Sarwar
Jackie “elected by Tory voters” Bailey? That can’t be true.
They’ve learnt fuck all.
Grim stuff
Weird party, where local members don’t pick the actual candidate?
Scottish Labour realised that since they are already so unpopular, the quickest way to fuck things even more is to piss off their own membership.
Labor really wants reform to win
Christ, it’s either wannabe fascists or their controlled opposition at this point. Can we just swap Starmer for Corbyn and start over
I wonder what has become of left leaning unionists. Are they all having to wear Fred Perry now?
Polls are showing that half the voters that elected all those Scottish Labour MPs last year have moved to Reform, so why wouldn’t they? I think folk need to realise labour is not a left wing party and has nothing to offer even the most milquetoast left-of-centre voter.
Starmer is never a labour leader. It’s be proven the press (which is mostly right wing) never reported accurately abt Corbyn (it’s the same with most labour leaders)
In other news, by all accounts bears shit in wooded areas…
Jackey Baileys always been good for a laugh. With her at the helm of the selection process did anyone expect anything other than a shitshow?
Unsurprising. The Scottish left abandoned Labour long ago, and UK Labour has made it clear that they want to pursue a right wing agenda.
Any Scottish leftists would be very unwise to back Scottish Labour in their current form.
Nothing new from the thatcherite and his iteration of the Labour party
The best option would be for them to hold their nose and join the greens, Labour is a right wing party now and short of some serious change the “for the worker by the worker” politicians will never be allowed back into it.
Give the Greens a taste of competence and actual power and I think we could get some decent work done.
Malcolm X was spot on when he said conservatives were like wolves and liberals were like foxes
Standard English Labour policy and therefore branch office policy.
Labour exists to soak up anti tory votes but keep progressive people out of politics.
Headline doesn’t seem supported by the story.
I am far from a unionist, but I would happily lend my vote to someone like Lennon. She stands out as a politician with a backbone (unlike Bailie), and someone who doesn’t believe they deserve to lead because their dad was a (somewhat) successful politician (Anus).
We don’t need lefties.
They are working as hard as they can to get Reform in 😂
People are apparently moving to Reform from labour and the tories because they want change, so surely the way to combat this is to do some weird reform cosplay.
Genuinely think Farage as PM is probably coming in the next decade, unless something major happens
The Snational certainly can’t be accused of being part of the right wing press establishment, but I would not even sully my cacky erse with this utter piece of rubbish. Better the telegraph to remove my winnets.
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SCOTTISH Labour have been accused of blocking left-wing MSPs from standing for election at Holyrood.
Jackie Baillie, the party’s deputy leader, was accused of wielding “absolute power” in her role as chair of a Scottish Executive Committee (SEC) sub-committee, the party’s governing body.
MSP Monica Lennon, who challenged Sarwar for party leader in 2021, is reportedly being left “without a route” to stand for re-election, with her seen as out of favour with the leadership, the Scotsman reports.
Lennon previously stood in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency in 2021, but was unable to put herself forward for the upcoming by-election in that seat without resigning as a regional list MSP.
The party has chosen Davy Russell as their candidate for the by-election taking place on June 5.
A party source told the Scotsman: “Monica isn’t sure if she will be able to stand next year. At the moment she still wants to stand, but she’s not a candidate.
“There wasn’t really a route for her to put herself forward for the by-election in the seat she was the candidate in 2021. It would have involved her resigning from Parliament.
“If Davy wins, he will be the candidate next time. If he doesn’t win, I think there’s a good chance he’ll still be the candidate next time. If there hadn’t been a by-election, I think there would have been a pretty good chance Monica would have been the candidate for Hamilton. That looks like that’s off the table now.
“There’s a (SEC) sub-committee that deals with selections. But it’s basically Jackie Baillie that decides selection stuff. Monica is pretty much at the stage that whatever will come will be.”
It is understood that Lennon, alongside several other sitting MSPs thought to include Sarah Boyack and Foysol Choudhury, are yet to clear the selection process chaired by Baillie.
“If Davy wins, he will be the candidate next time. If he doesn’t win, I think there’s a good chance he’ll still be the candidate next time. If there hadn’t been a by-election, I think there would have been a pretty good chance Monica would have been the candidate for Hamilton. That looks like that’s off the table now.
“There’s a (SEC) sub-committee that deals with selections. But it’s basically Jackie Baillie that decides selection stuff. Monica is pretty much at the stage that whatever will come will be.”
It is understood that Lennon, alongside several other sitting MSPs thought to include Sarah Boyack and Foysol Choudhury, are yet to clear the selection process chaired by Baillie.
It’s the same tactic starmer used during the last GE , was reports of many left leaning members being removed, worse a lot of trans candidates were removed and specifically targeted by Labour if standing for other parties.
Labour forget themselves. They tarnished Jeremy Corbyn along with the media. Never helped him. Labour are tories in a red tie. Lib Dem’s would just be the same as the first 2, reform want all workers rights took away. We’re fucked and no one will convince me they will really help the ordinary man. And Tory’s are just Cnuts.
I’m absolutely target market voter for them, and yet at every single opportunity, they do the complete opposite of what I would want them to do. It’s so depressing.
Foysol Choudhury is an excellent and popular MSP and out of the various I’ve engaged with in my area he stands out. I’m not even a Labour voter anymore but still sometimes gave them my second/additional vote because of people like him.
No surprise, sadly, that Scottish Labour appear to be following Labour HQ in the purge. Although I suppose the signs were there when Leonard was ousted to make way for Sarwar
Jackie “elected by Tory voters” Bailey? That can’t be true.
They’ve learnt fuck all.
Grim stuff
Weird party, where local members don’t pick the actual candidate?
Scottish Labour realised that since they are already so unpopular, the quickest way to fuck things even more is to piss off their own membership.
Labor really wants reform to win
Christ, it’s either wannabe fascists or their controlled opposition at this point. Can we just swap Starmer for Corbyn and start over
I wonder what has become of left leaning unionists. Are they all having to wear Fred Perry now?
Polls are showing that half the voters that elected all those Scottish Labour MPs last year have moved to Reform, so why wouldn’t they? I think folk need to realise labour is not a left wing party and has nothing to offer even the most milquetoast left-of-centre voter.
Starmer is never a labour leader. It’s be proven the press (which is mostly right wing) never reported accurately abt Corbyn (it’s the same with most labour leaders)
In other news, by all accounts bears shit in wooded areas…
Jackey Baileys always been good for a laugh. With her at the helm of the selection process did anyone expect anything other than a shitshow?
Unsurprising. The Scottish left abandoned Labour long ago, and UK Labour has made it clear that they want to pursue a right wing agenda.
Any Scottish leftists would be very unwise to back Scottish Labour in their current form.
Nothing new from the thatcherite and his iteration of the Labour party
The best option would be for them to hold their nose and join the greens, Labour is a right wing party now and short of some serious change the “for the worker by the worker” politicians will never be allowed back into it.
Give the Greens a taste of competence and actual power and I think we could get some decent work done.
Malcolm X was spot on when he said conservatives were like wolves and liberals were like foxes
https://preview.redd.it/706aj5abh00f1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=0206d6e8087a3d4862b01fab93ab405e7fc8123a
They hate the left more than they hate the right
Standard English Labour policy and therefore branch office policy.
Labour exists to soak up anti tory votes but keep progressive people out of politics.
Headline doesn’t seem supported by the story.
I am far from a unionist, but I would happily lend my vote to someone like Lennon. She stands out as a politician with a backbone (unlike Bailie), and someone who doesn’t believe they deserve to lead because their dad was a (somewhat) successful politician (Anus).
We don’t need lefties.
They are working as hard as they can to get Reform in 😂
People are apparently moving to Reform from labour and the tories because they want change, so surely the way to combat this is to do some weird reform cosplay.
Genuinely think Farage as PM is probably coming in the next decade, unless something major happens
The Snational certainly can’t be accused of being part of the right wing press establishment, but I would not even sully my cacky erse with this utter piece of rubbish. Better the telegraph to remove my winnets.
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