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Activists and trade unions demand emergency Labour conference in light of attacks on party ‘democracy and free speech’

by Matt Trinder

Industrial reporter

AN EMERGENCY Labour conference must urgently be held online in light of attacks on party “democracy and free speech,” MPs, activists and trade unions demanded today.

The Reclaim Democracy, Recall Conference (RDRC) campaign said that anger over motions being suppressed and members being suspended had reached breaking point and that the “very soul of the party” is now at stake.

Since Sir Keir Starmer became leader, members have been banned from voicing solidarity with his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn after he was suspended and subsequently readmitted to the party without the whip.

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