The wonderful Chris Williamson has won his High Court challenge against the Labour Party for unlawfully re suspending him. This has been a stressful time for Chris, his family and his friends and reflects how the disciplinary decision making process has been taken over by politically motivated people determined to undermine the leadership.
Let the flood gates open against the totalitarian nature of the regime that has an agenda that is not in the interests of its hundreds of thousands of members.
The battle is won. The war rages on.
The High Court has today judged that the Labour Party acted unlawfully in re-suspending me on 28 June, and "that there was no proper reason" for doing so.
I'm glad the 're-suspension' has been quashed. However, I'm currently suspended. 1/8
— Chris Williamson #GTTO (@DerbyChrisW) October 10, 2019
It’s clear that my 're-suspension' was motivated by media hysteria. The judge said: “it is not … difficult to infer that the true reason for the decision in this case was that [NEC] members … were influenced by the ferocity of the outcry following the June decision.” 2/8
— Chris Williamson #GTTO (@DerbyChrisW) October 10, 2019
In fact, the party’s decision was so unfair as to be unlawful. And that’s why my 're-suspension' has been quashed, and all of the allegations presented in that suspension can no longer be pursued against me. 3/8
— Chris Williamson #GTTO (@DerbyChrisW) October 10, 2019
Yet a week prior to my court hearing – using every loophole in the book – the party bureaucracy issued me with a new suspension. based on a series of preposterous allegations that I answered fully and swiftly.
Due to this, despite winning today, the latest suspension stands. 4/8
— Chris Williamson #GTTO (@DerbyChrisW) October 10, 2019
I know this will be a bitter disappointment to everyone who has supported me in this case. I'm outraged that membership subscriptions given by our loyal activists have been used to pay legal fees. I'm outraged that I’ve had to resort to legal means to achieve justice. 5/8
— Chris Williamson #GTTO (@DerbyChrisW) October 10, 2019
This is a damning indictment of our party’s internal disciplinary procedures, which require a total overhaul – towards a fairer, more independent and more democratic system. My suspension must now be lifted. 6/8
— Chris Williamson #GTTO (@DerbyChrisW) October 10, 2019
I will be focussing my energies, as we all should, on winning the next election. Because a Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour government could transform the lives of millions, by bringing about an irreversible shift in the balance of wealth power and income in our country. 7/8
— Chris Williamson #GTTO (@DerbyChrisW) October 10, 2019
I would like to express my thanks and appreciation to my family, my supporters and everyone who generously donated to my crowdfunder. Without you, this victory today wouldn't have been possible.
You are the living proof that ‘unity is strength’. 8/8
— Chris Williamson #GTTO (@DerbyChrisW) October 10, 2019
