Zoe Williams, in her interview with Neal Lawson , gravely underestimates the awfulness of what has happened inside the Labour party (Neal Lawson on the threat of expulsion by Labour: ‘They are making sure no one on the left has a platform’, 24 July).
A critical reading of the party’s rulebook shows that members have no rights whatsoever. The party’s national executive committee is empowered to do anything that it agrees is required to further the party’s interests. In the hands of sufficiently ruthless people, that is fatal.
