There appears to be an organised attempt by the Daily Telegraph to sabotage the Labour Party's leadership election by encouraging its readers to join the Labour Party and vote for Jeremy Corbyn.
Telegraph providing step by step guide on how to vote for Corbyn in order to help "doom" LAB.
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— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 15, 2015
This is, of course, a remarkably stupid idea, especially as it will simply lead to retaliation - the Conservative policy, currently in abeyance, of having open selections will become so easy a target - and coarsen our body politic even further. Admittedly, the Daily Telegraph doesn't like democracy very much - its owners, the reclusive Barclay brothers, don't pay tax in this country and have an unusual approach to democracy on Sark - but such an overt attempt to subvert the politics of our nation is a new low even for them.
However, they might want to read Article 3 of the Conservative Party's membership rules which read, and I quote;
The Party is a political Party for the Nation, open to all who share its objects and values and who undertake to be bound by this Constitution. The Party shall consist of its Members. Membership of the Conservative Party is not compatible with Membership of or association with any other registered political party.
Now, of course, the Conservative Party will have to judge whether or not its rules mean anything, or whether or not it would be reasonable to expel someone who decided to join UKIP as well given the precedent they would be setting.
Far be it for me to interfere though...
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