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Democracy is the most revolutionary thing in the world
CHRIS WILLIAMSON explains why he will be touring the country and speaking with Labour Party members on how they can shape the future direction of the party
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TONY BENN once said that democracy is the most revolutionary thing in the world. There have even been suggestions by Labour’s democracy refuseniks that advocates of greater democracy must be Marxists.
They frequently pose that question to anyone who wants to give Labour’s mass movement more say over policy and the power to determine who represents them at elections.
Similarly, calls to stop, or at least limit, the ability of the Parliamentary Labour Party (which currently stands at around 0.04 per cent of the total membership) to veto who can stand as leader are also dismissed as extremist.
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