Labour has been dogged by claims of anti-Semitism since Mr Corbyn became leader in 2015, and MPs who have spoken out have received death and rape threats and threatened
with deselection.
We need to start giving the most vocal of these troublemakers a scare
with deselection demands by their constituency parties ASAP — «to encourage the others» to shut up or push off.
Labour veteran Dennis Skinner spoke up for Jeremy Corbyn - with one Labour MP claiming: «He threatened Tom Watson
with deselection!»
On the Andrew Marr Show on the BBC before Mr Corbyn's appearance, Shadow Defence Secretary Clive Lewis said the decision on whether to go ahead
with deselections was «a democratic choice for our members».
Not exact matches
Either they break away now or they wait and attempt this same, futile process again,
with the threat of
deselection permanently hanging over them.
But Mr Dugher said: «I think it might be quite useful if he went along to it because he can have a word
with them as their former chairman and say to them «stop the intimidation, stop the abuse and stop the talk of
deselections and going after Labour MPs who voted in a way they didn't approve of.
As I type the Twitter and Facebook pages of those MPs who supported military action are continuing to fill up
with grotesque images, vile abuse and threats of
deselection.
A Conservative PPC will attempt to avoid
deselection tonight as she faces party members who claim she misled them over her affair
with a Conservative MP.
Few would query the proposition that constituency Labour party groups should have a voice in how their parliamentary representatives cast their votes, but what has caused very considerable ill - feeling has been widespread suspicion that Momentum, a recently - formed group of Corbyn supporters, orchestrated a campaign to pull MPs into line —
with the threat of
deselection if they failed to do so.
Alternatively, Momentum may decide to press ahead
with a programme of
deselection.
John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, has refused to intervene to ensure Hilary Benn remains a Labour MP amid reports that he is facing a possible
deselection battle
with activists in his local party.
Appearing on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, he was asked about
deselection, which is being openly advocated by some of his backers,
with the Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey, saying disloyal MPs were «asking for it».
I suspect
deselections will turn out to be a damp squib
with a few symbolic victories but not enough to truly alter the overall shape of the Parliamentary party or more than a handful of councils.
Creasy has hit back, saying she will not be «be bullied by a sitting Walthamstow Labour councilor
with the threat of
deselection if I don't do what he wants».
[7] Moffat chose to stand down at the general election, and it was revealed that she had been negotiating a pension based on retirement
with a health condition at the same time she was fighting the
deselection.
Creasy hit back at Mahmood on Facebook, saying that while she remained uncertain of how to vote: «the one thing I will not do is be bullied by a sitting Walthamstow Labour councilor
with the threat of
deselection if I don't do what he wants».
Members, in spite of unhappiness
with public splits within the PLP, say there is no appetite for
deselection of MPs.
«Those who refuse to meet this list of expectations will face the threat of
deselection with the explicit or implicit backing of the leadership.»
People appointed for life can not be whipped or browbeaten into backing a government
with threats of
deselection or being pushed out by boundary changes.
One well - placed insider tells me that it is a case of relations between Anne McIntosh and her association officers and executive members having «irretrievably broken down», and that things have come to a head
with the decision to push it to a
deselection - although there is a reluctance on the part of those behind the motion to discuss further details.
She was speaking about
deselections - including Tory MP Tim Yeo -
with ConservativeHome website editor and former MP Paul Goodman, Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn, and crossbencher Baroness Neuberger.
A Labour source raised the spectre of
deselection, adding that it fitted in
with a campaign of sabotage.
Writing in the Guardian, Len McCluskey, the general secretary of the Unite union, warned MPs tweeting and briefing against their leader that they could face mandatory
deselections if they continued
with their disloyalty.
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Had Helm picked up the phone to anyone in the South Suffolk constituency he would have known the reasons behind the
deselection were to do
with Yeo's absenteeism.