• READERS of John Gulliver’s article on the Holborn & St Pancras Labour Party AGM will be understandably dismayed by its contents.

The Labour Party now has an inspiring manifesto and, in Jeremy Corbyn, a leader who has been democratically elected (twice) by a significant majority.

The huge increase in party membership, which has made Labour the largest political party in Europe, and the encouraging results of the recent election have clearly been due to the enthusiasm and hope that has been generated by the new leadership and its policies.

In the run-up to the election we all made an enormous effort to campaign for Labour together as a united party, and Momentum members were prominent contributors to these campaigns.

It is therefore very disappointing to see that our constituency remains painfully split along right/ left lines.

As democrats, we are concerned that the composition of the new Holborn & St Pancras Labour Party General Committee (GC) does not reflect the massive changes in party membership or recognise the extent to which new members have joined the party because it supports Jeremy Corbyn’s and his team’s policy proposals and direction.

United we would be on a roll; but if we succumb again to the coups, plotting, and bickering between factions that have unfortunately taken place in the recent past we will lose our hard-won advantage.

If we are to encourage our membership to expand still further our party needs to be a welcoming and agreeable place to be.

And if we are to win the next election we need to work together, to select the best candidates for official positions, to canvas harmoniously, and to co-operate with all groups within the Labour Party to secure a Labour council and a Labour government which will put our policies into practice for the benefit of the many, not the few.

SUSANNA MITCHELL
Holborn & St Pancras CLP
GC delegate