Any vestige of Labour party democracy is being destroyed by the fanatical Blairite wing of the party in its attempt to stop Jeremy Corbyn from winning the leadership election.
Behind the scenes there has been a purge of as many members as possible who support Corbyn, their voting rights curtailed often on spurious grounds, whilst those supporters of Owen Smith are allowed to get away with all sorts of misconduct.
As the World Socialist Web Site observed today "the witch-hunt and its intensity is the major lesson that must be drawn from the events of the past weeks. It demonstrates just how far the bureaucracy and its supporters will go in order to preserve the Labour Party as a trusted instrument of imperialist rule––and gives the lie to Corbyn’s claim that an influx of members and the advocacy of a few reforms can transform it into a means of defending the interests of the working class."
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