Prentice: throw out his friend
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Labour Party militants will welcome the long-delayed departure of Reg Prentice to the Tories as a breath of fresh air. But the Labour Party is not out of the woods yet.
Prentice's former admiration society - that group of MPs and bureaucrats that petitioned in his support and sought to defend him against moves to unseat him as MP. still remain in the upper echelons of the Labour Party, the main bedrock of support for the CallaghanSteel coalition.
Constituency parties must take this seriously. Motions must be put down demanding that all those members with a history of backing Prentice follow his lead and clear out of the labour movement.
Those that refuse to do so should be expelled..
Meanwhile, even as Prentice's membership forms were being stamped at Tory Central Office, writs were still flying at Newham \E Labour Party last week. PHOTO: Chris Davies, Report