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The Labour Party’s unjust attacks on its own members must be resisted
‘It’s time now for people to stand up and be counted’ – expelled Yorkshire activist MARTIN MAYER talks to Morning Star northern reporter Peter Lazenby
Martin Mayer was expelled for a retroactive ‘offence’

MARTIN MAYER has been a labour and trade union activist all his adult life.

He’s been a Labour Party member for 41 years — or was. On November 16 he was expelled from the Labour Party for a retrospective breach of rules — breaking a rule before it existed.

In 2018 he spoke as invited guest at a meeting of Labour Against the Witch Hunt, an organisation campaigning against wrongful allegations against party members, including those of anti-semitism levelled at Jeremy Corbyn.

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