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I HAVE been previously a member of Labour’s national policy forum; an ex officio member of Labour’s London regional executive committee; and, the Tulo officer at Hornsey & Wood Green CLP (and formerly assistant chief of staff at Unite). After 37 years’ membership I have this weekend resigned from the Labour Party.
Here are the reasons for my resignation. These cover the past four years and include domestic and foreign policy.
• 2019 general election — Keir Starmer’s intervention at the 2018 party conference turned Labour from respecting the Brexit referendum result to holding a convoluted Remain position that consequently lost us the election.
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