Labour mayors say party undemocratic for blocking Jamie Driscoll’s candidacy
by Helen Pidd North of England editor from on (#6C1WW)
Burnham and Rotheram write to NEC after Driscoll is kept off longlist to be candidate for north-east mayor
Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram have accused the Labour party of being undemocratic, opaque and unfair after a fellow Labour mayor was blocked from standing for election.
They demanded Jamie Driscoll - often described the last Corbynista in power" since becoming the first mayor for North of Tyne in 2019 - be allowed to appeal against the decision to keep him off the longlist to be Labour's mayoral candidate for the new north-east region.
Continue reading...