Poll ‘power grab’ by Left

THE founder of Momentum wants Labour to rerun every council candidate selection in London – a move which could bring in more Jeremy Corbyn supporters.

Jon Lansman is urging the party to reinterview blocked candidates from the Left ahead of elections next May. Party centrists will view it as a power grab by the grassroots organisation which supports Mr Corbyn. Mr Lansman has signed a petition, begun by Ealing Momentum in west London, which calls for a rerun of every council candidate selection in the capital.

Mr Lansman told The Times many London selection boards had ‘taken part in anti-democratic stitch-ups’ and he signed the petition to draw attention to that.