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Labour Voters Culled
Party members furious as they get caught up in witch hunt for ‘entryists’
ANGRY Labour backers accused the party of instigating a “purge” yesterday after hundreds of members received emails barring them from voting in the leadership election — including one of the party’s own council candidates.
Robert Sharpe, a two-time Labour candidate for Salford Council’s Walkden South seat, was caught up in yesterday’s mass expulsions and slammed the party’s “shambolic” response to entryism scare stories.
He said: “It’s been a bit of a shambles. I voted last night and this morning I had an email saying:‘We cancelled your membership, we rejected your application to be a member.’
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