The Newham Labour party Trigger Democracy campaign has sent out a powerful email to local party members, telling them that Sir Robin has no mandate to continue as the mayoral candidate without a proper, open selection.
On Monday, you’ll have heard media reports about the Labour Party Newham Trigger Ballot result in which the current Mayor is claiming victory. What you won’t know is that his ‘victory’ is on the back of shady affiliate organisation votes. While 11 out of 9 Labour Party branches voted decisively for NO, the vote of those Newham Labour Party members don’t count because the Mayor has ‘gamed’ the process through 11 secretive (including some very small) affiliate organisations.
So the Mayor can only claim a false victory. He has lost the confidence of Newham Labour Party members and has #NoMandate.
#NoMandate Charge Sheet
Charge #1: Newham Fabians co-chaired by GLA Member Cllr Unmesh Desai and Mayoral Advisor Cllr Tahmina Rahman, didn’t hold a meeting with all its eligible members and in line with the Fabian Society’s constitution. It is unclear if they are even a paid up affiliate of East Ham Constituency Labour Party! The Fabian Society’s General Secretary is now investigating this breach of their rules and voting irregularity.
Charge #2: The Christians on the Left affiliate organisation didn’t even hold a formal vote at their meeting. They thought a discussion chaired by Mayoral Advisor Cllr Clive Furness to ‘canvass opinion’ was sufficient .
Charge #3: The BECTU affiliate organisation made up of one (that’s right, ONE) member unilaterally voted to reselect the sitting Mayor. That one vote cancelled out the votes of the entire East Ham Central Labour Party branch where 59 members voted. @BECTU HQ is also investigating, as they weren’t aware of the vote either.
Charge #4: A GMB representative with no connection to Newham signed all four of the Newham GMB affiliate votes while no meetings were held with local Newham GMB members. So while the current General Secretary was happy to endorse the Mayor openly and the GMB is campaigning against LIDL for not respecting the voice of its workers – they clearly can’t be bothered to respect the voice and votes of local Newham GMB members.
Charge #5: The national TSSA Trade Union have no record of an eligible TSSA branch affiliate in Newham and are currently investigating where this mysterious TSSA vote for the Mayor has actually come from.
Charge #6: The Procedures Secretary, Cllr Pat Murphy who oversaw the rigged Trigger Ballot process is a paid Mayoral Advisor, depends on the mayor’s goodwill for his livelihood and highlights a fundamental conflict of interest. He’s the one that’s tried to stop Labour members in Green Street East branch from even holding a trigger ballot meeting.
Charge #7: The vast majority of Newham Labour Party members who took part in the Trigger Ballot process voted for an open selection not the automatic reselection of the Mayor. But because of the dirty tricks by some of the Mayor’s supporters and fraudulent actions of some dubious affiliates, their vote has been disregarded.
So how can Sir Robin Wales claim ‘victory’ when he clearly has #NoMandate.
Campaigners are asking party members to email Sir Robin, asking him to respect the votes of members and agree to an open selection, and to sign a petition calling on the Labour party to do the same.
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Robin before you bring more embarrasment to the party, go for a open selection and win over the doubters pls you can do it. Get rid of the hangers on like Hudson, Corbett,
i agree with getting shot of the hangers on i think srw may well know now they are only in it for the money ,whoever organised his campaign needs a bit of a second look at as they did the mayoralty no good at all ,as for open ballot i think it would just start again what has just finished ,both sides have pulled strokes to win which mirrors brexit and the corbyn leadership battle ,why not just settle down and get on with rebuilding the party back to the great organisation it once was .or if you do not like labour go join another party and stay there or go back to the party you came from in the 1st place .
The actions of various councilors and advisors amounts to fraud, a criminal offence. Perhaps some kind soul should draw these actions to the local police?.
Go robin go robin go
MR Robin you are a popular Figure….Let it be an OPEN BALLOTT
and the Win shall Shut others Mouth….