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Labour leadership: Corbyn supporter gets apology for ban Labour leadership: Corbyn supporter gets apology for ban
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A Welsh academic told he was banned from joining Labour and voting in the leadership election has won an apology.A Welsh academic told he was banned from joining Labour and voting in the leadership election has won an apology.
Vic Grout, a professor of computing at Glyndwr University in Wrexham, was a Plymouth Labour councillor who quit the party in the 1990s but has rejoined. Vic Grout, a professor of computing at Glyndwr University in Wrexham, was a Plymouth councillor who quit Labour in the 1990s but decided to rejoin.
A Welsh Labour spokesman said: "This was an administrative error."A Welsh Labour spokesman said: "This was an administrative error."
Mr Grout, who backs Jeremy Corbyn, said he was happy to accept the explanation of it being a genuine mistake "at face value".Mr Grout, who backs Jeremy Corbyn, said he was happy to accept the explanation of it being a genuine mistake "at face value".
He told BBC Radio Wales: "I've never made any pretence or excuse about my politics - I've always been a socialist."
On his decision to rejoin the party, Mr Grout said: "I didn't hold out much hope for anything changing in the leadership election this time around until Jeremy Corbyn came on the scene."
He added: "This has probably been the kick up the backside that I needed to get involved a bit more than I have been."
Liz Kendall, Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Jeremy Corbyn are all bidding to succeed Ed Miliband.