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I have had my own experience of this, where things are sent for investigation rather than suspension or expulsion, until someone finds out and might go public. In one case involving me, someone, I don't know who, had complained to the party about another member
Amongst a variety of issues raised including anti-Semitism, there was a tweet from this member about the case of Rosie Cooper MP and the plot to kill her by far right terrorists. The Labour member had said in their tweet that Rosie was the wrong target and it should have been me
This went to HQ amongst other abuse and was then sent to the regional office for a local investigation rather than immediately leading to disciplinary processes at the centre. It was only then that a brave whistleblower contacted me to say they felt I had a right
To know, and to speak to police if I felt that someone inciting violence against me should be passed on. I passed on to the Police as is the instruction by parliament to do so. It was only when the police contacted the party and I raised with Jennie Formby that
The member was suspended. To be fair to Jennie she acted when police raised it with her and I am certain that she wouldn't have seen it personally, but the fact remains that decisions were made not to tell me about it even though it was potentially a danger to me and just
Give it down to a local investigation. I travel up and down the country going to party events to help campaign and fundraise, I could have easily come in to contact with this member who wants me killed by far right terrorists.
I have a good working relationship with Jennie Formby I have tried desperately for two years to work with the machine to try to put safeguards in place to help. Hours of meetings, months of work. Fact remains that someone was able to
Say this stuff about wishing I was murdered by the far right at same time as showing he himself was anti-Semitic and just face a long drawn out investigation that I would never have known about so couldn't scrutinise the outcome. If only he'd tweeted about voting Lib Dem
