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| Momentum founder: no national campaign to deselect Labour MPs | Momentum founder: no national campaign to deselect Labour MPs |
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| Jon Lansman denies reports of ‘hit list’ but says local parties could act alone to replace an MP | Jon Lansman denies reports of ‘hit list’ but says local parties could act alone to replace an MP |
| Rowena Mason Deputy political editor | Rowena Mason Deputy political editor |
| Wed 24 Jan 2018 09.32 GMT | Wed 24 Jan 2018 09.32 GMT |
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| Momentum, the grassroots group of Jeremy Corbyn supporters, has stressed it will not campaign nationally to deselect any Labour MP after reports of a “hit list” targeting up to 50 for replacement. | Momentum, the grassroots group of Jeremy Corbyn supporters, has stressed it will not campaign nationally to deselect any Labour MP after reports of a “hit list” targeting up to 50 for replacement. |
| Jon Lansman, the organisation’s founder who recently won a seat on Labour’s ruling body, dismissed the idea that Momentum was working to oust any MP and said the idea of a list had “no factual basis whatsoever”. | Jon Lansman, the organisation’s founder who recently won a seat on Labour’s ruling body, dismissed the idea that Momentum was working to oust any MP and said the idea of a list had “no factual basis whatsoever”. |
| But he said local constituency parties could take it upon themselves to replace any MP who was not performing well or failing to listen to members. | But he said local constituency parties could take it upon themselves to replace any MP who was not performing well or failing to listen to members. |
| Lansman made the comments in an interview with the Independent at a time when Corbyn-sceptic Labour MPs are increasingly worried that their local activist bases may want to replace them. | Lansman made the comments in an interview with the Independent at a time when Corbyn-sceptic Labour MPs are increasingly worried that their local activist bases may want to replace them. |
| Some Corbyn supporters, such as the leftwing MP Chris Williamson, have supported the idea of colleagues undergoing a full mandatory reselection process. | Some Corbyn supporters, such as the leftwing MP Chris Williamson, have supported the idea of colleagues undergoing a full mandatory reselection process. |
| However, Labour is undertaking a review of party democracy that could introduce less drastic changes that would still make it easier for MPs to be challenged. | |
| Lansman offered some reassurance for Labour MPs, saying: “Momentum nationally is not going to campaign to deselect any MP and we will stick by that. We are not going to campaign to deselect any individual MP. | Lansman offered some reassurance for Labour MPs, saying: “Momentum nationally is not going to campaign to deselect any MP and we will stick by that. We are not going to campaign to deselect any individual MP. |
| “We have made it clear that we are not going to campaign to deselect anyone, at all, anywhere.” | “We have made it clear that we are not going to campaign to deselect anyone, at all, anywhere.” |
| He said the existing process was already in place should local parties wish to ditch their candidate at an election, known as the trigger ballot. | He said the existing process was already in place should local parties wish to ditch their candidate at an election, known as the trigger ballot. |
| “No Labour MP that works hard and campaigns and listens to their members has anything to fear from the selection process,” he said. | “No Labour MP that works hard and campaigns and listens to their members has anything to fear from the selection process,” he said. |
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