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Special report on thew Labour party by Roger Bagley in Parliament

Progressives fear loss of diversity


The Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD) condemned Lord Collins's proposals as "just what the Tories want."

CLPD secretary Pete Willsman (pictured) likened the scheme for opting-in by trade union members to the "vicious, vindictive" law imposed by the Tory government in 1927 following the 1926 General Strike.

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