Paul Mason: There's a Danger of the UK Becoming a 'Managed Democracy' An alliance of the right and the far-right has bulldozed a left that didn't want to ally over anything – and if it doesn't get its act together, there will be a lot more of this to come. The lasting legacy of mass involvement is a 500k+ membership, branches bigger than entire CLPs were 5 years ago, the establishment of Momentum, the Community Organising Unit and The World Transformed — of which the latter proved the least controllable by the … ", Use the LBC app to listen to Live radio for LBC & LBC News, Government expected to push ahead with 'three-tier, 'What happened was forced on us without warning' - Mayor, 'What do you expect him to do?
Journalist and broadcaster Paul Mason demolishes the current right-wing attack on Jeremy Corbyn support organisation Momentum.
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“Momentum needs to become ready to be an affiliated society for Labour… We need to be a network, we need to be open, broad and diverse.”. They should at all times speak their own mind, but they must make clear when they are speaking in a personal capacity and when speaking for Momentum.
Jeremy Corbyn’s so-called celebrity cheerleader Paul Mason has joined Momentum as the group is engaged in a civil war.
He has a voice and he uses his … Divisions among prominent Momentum members resurfaced today as broadcaster and campaigner Paul Mason threatened to leave the group over the behaviour of other activists. But it has been opposed by some senior members who have accused the leadership of attempting to thwart democracy through “Blairite” manoeuvres.
SNP MP Pete Wishart has had a rough first outing as a representative of the House of Commons commission. In the past two days there’s been a clear, programmed switch of emphasis in the Labour right’s campaign against Jeremy Corbyn. He said: “We should in addition insist that paid staff and elected national officers speak for Momentum only on issues they are competent to speak on. Paul Mason.
The former BBC and Channel 4 News journalist said that one of the main reasons he was joining the group was “because Momentum itself is at a crossroads”. We invited him on to the programme to use his voice. The row follows the publication of a blog by Laura Murray, Momentum’s women’s representative, in which she claimed “dyed-in-the-wool Trotskyists” made up a “vocal, disruptive and over-bearing minority” in the group, which was taken as a reference to Mountford, a supporter of the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty.
A network, not a hierarchy.”.
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Mason objected to the place of Jill Mountford, who serves on the steering committee of the Corbynite group, and was the subject of criticism after a crunch meeting to debate rule changes at the weekend. He said, however, he has never been to a meeting of the group.
LabourList has attempted to make direct contact with Mountford today.
But Mr Mason just ranted down the phone at the female producer and tried to stop her running the segment on Shelagh's show. In a post on Medium, Mason stated of Momentum: “It faces two alternative futures: one in which all the negative, hierarchical and factionalist tendencies of the 20th century left are allowed to resurface; another in which Momentum — and ultimately Labour itself — becomes a horizontal, consensus-based organization, directly accountable to its mass of members.”. The Isis: In conversation with Paul Mason After spending over a decade at the BBC, Paul Mason became the economics editor for Newsnight, and would later fulfil the same role at Channel 4 News. Steve Allen
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This will be sorted in the direction of party loyalty, discipline and moving on very quickly,” he told the BBC.
She invited the left-wing journalist to speak on her show following the election of three Corbyn allies to Labour's NEC. Richard Burgon has praised the loss-making music event and called for even more major party-run events.
Free weekly email from our Editor: Sign up now. Shelagh Fogarty said Momentum "will want to squash everyone who isn't on their bus" after an aggressive Paul Mason tried to tell her what she could talk about. He was telling us what we should be talking about today, he was telling you what you should be talking about.
Jeremy Corbyn’s so-called celebrity cheerleader Paul Mason has joined Momentum as the group is engaged in a civil war. There is no desire whatsoever for there to be a Momentum party.”.
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Today Mountford said she was motivated by the desire to fight inequality and deliver improved public services and denied wanting to set up a rival party. in which she claimed “dyed-in-the-wool Trotskyists”, We need an urgent inquiry into the deaths of disabled people during Covid, I’ve got an apology. Picture: LBC / PA She said: "Half an hour before we came on air, Paul Mason, the former Newsnight journalist and Momentum member, very supportive of Jeremy Corbyn, very vocal.
Mason is backing the Momentum leadership as it seeks to introduce a controversial new structure that would see all of the group’s 20,000 members vote on strategic decisions. switch on javascript before continuing. The former BBC and Channel 4 News journalist said that one of the main reasons he was joining the group was “because Momentum itself is at a crossroads”. "Jon Lansman spoke about it in glowing terms as a victory for 21st century socialism. Mason, a cheerleader for Jeremy Corbyn, joined Momentum this autumn to support efforts to implement online all-member ballots to decide how the group is run. Rory Stewart has spent so much time walking around London that he didn't realise a tantric sex shop was being run from under his family home. Paul Mason is a good example of this and has complained about being mislabelled himself.
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They want a mainstream platform to talk about socialist ideas. The relationship between Corbyn and his celebrity guru has always been complex. When Paul Mason was covertly recorded by the Sun newspaper divulging his private view that Jeremy Corbyn does not appeal to the working classes, there wasn’t much surprise in the Labour leader’s office.
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"Paul Mason, member of Momentum, supporter of Jeremy Corbyn, decided it was ok to bellow down the phone at a woman, tell her how to do her job and make her feel intimidated and to be aggressive towards her.
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They are people who want to squash anyone who is not on their bus, who isn't in their group, in their cult.
She said: "Half an hour before we came on air, Paul Mason, the former Newsnight journalist and Momentum member, very supportive of Jeremy Corbyn, very vocal. Momentum declined to comment.
“I want Momentum to prioritise a campaign against austerity and a campaign against social inequality and a campaign that raises the idea solidarity among working class people – fighting for a better national health service, a better welfare state, for the public ownership of the utilities, of the banks, of the railways, these are the things Momentum should be campaigning for now,” she told the Daily Politics. Those who share his world view are sometimes pejoratively described as …
It relates to a saga over proposals, backed by Momentum chair Jon Lansman, to move to a one-member-one-vote (OMOV) system of elections, rather than a system of elected delegates. message to the whole of London. Divisions among prominent Momentum members resurfaced today as broadcaster and campaigner Paul Mason threatened to leave the group over the behaviour of other activists. We use cookies to improve experience and deliver personalised advertising. Refugee Activist Meets Very Angry, Home Office 'considered' building floating walls to stop, 43 independent cinemas to share £650,000 of coronavirus, Driver dies during land speed record attempt at Elvington, Hammersmith Bridge: Ferry service proposed to temporarily.
"That should never have any space in British politics.
He said that Momentum needed "to convince a minority of comrades, steeped in the 20th century hard left and trade union bureaucratic traditions".
Britain, we need our steel, Labour will be the party of “opportunity, family and security”, vows Starmer, Bridget Phillipson sets out Labour strategy for creating “social democracy of hope”, Don’t abandon us. Mason, who has been touted as a possible future communications chief for Corbyn, also set out a number of proposals apparently aimed at professionalising the Momentum set-up, including its media operation. Please login to post a comment or register for a free account. By clicking ‘subscribe’ you confirm you have read and agree to our privacy policy. “If Jill Mountford is not allowed into the Labour Party – and I cannot see her being allowed into the Labour Party – and remains a kind of basically expelled member of the party and remains in Momentum [then] I will not remain in Momentum. He has a voice and he uses his voice. 2 WHY DID WE LOSE?
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Paul Mason sees it as something we should hide.
"And instead of saying 'No thank you, I don't fancy the idea', he bellowed down the phone at my colleague and told her 'This isn't a story'.