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9 Mar, 6 tweets, 1 min read
I'm told Labour Holyrood candidate Hollie Cameron, standing for Glasgow Kelvin, has been removed as a candidate following comments on indyref2. No confirmation from party so far.
Story from Sunday on Hollie Cameron's comments: thenational.scot/news/19141908.…
NEW: Understand that Hollie Cameron was not able to satisfy a Labour SEC interview panel that she would follow the Scottish Labour group whip if elected as an MSP.
Full story here: labourlist.org/2021/03/exclus…
Update: Scottish Labour spox: “Hollie Cameron was not able to satisfy an SEC interview panel that she would follow the Scottish Labour group whip if elected as an MSP, and the SEC panel has therefore withdrawn their endorsement of her candidacy"
"meaning that she is ineligible to be a Scottish Labour candidate. Arrangements will be put in place to fill the vacancy promptly.”

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11 Mar
Keir Starmer emphasises at the campaign launch that the May elections "will be tough" for Labour, saying for example: "We’ve been constrained. I’ve yet to make a speech to a live audience."
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1 Mar
Oldknow v Evans outcome: ex-staffer's bid to force Labour to identify leakers of internal report fails. Judge said Oldknow's application “smacks of a fishing expedition”.
Oldknow's Norwich Pharmacal order application asked Labour to identify who it "reasonably believes" was responsible for leak, rather than those definitely responsible for the leak.
Key is that Labour has view on who leaked report after conducting an internal investigation, but "no smoking gun" showing beyond doubt who leaked it. Also key is that Labour's view could change after ICO and Forde investigations reveal their findings.
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26 Feb
Latest in Oldknow v Evans. Unite has applied to intervene (union represents 5, currently anonymous, accused of leaking the report). Oldknow's QC opposes the application and says it's too late. Lawyer of Unite and 5 members says they applied asap after Tuesday hearing.
Purpose of Unite intervention would be to allow general submissions on Oldknow's application (to force Labour to reveal identities of leakers), not to directly allow unnamed to intervene. Judge expected to give decision shortly.
Judge has decided that she is going to allow Unite written submissions dated 24th February to be placed before the court focused on matters of the jurisdiction, but doesn't need to hear oral submissions from Unite's lawyer. She refuses permission for Oldknow's QC to appeal.
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11 Feb
David Evans, Labour's general secretary, has just told the NEC that the Forde Inquiry into the 'Labour leaks' report says its findings could have the potential to prejudice the ICO’s work – so the report will only be delivered once the ICO inquiries are completed and resolved.
Evans was reading out a letter from the inquiry chair, Martin Forde QC, to the NEC.

The ICO is involved because an internal party investigation was set up to look into potential security breaches with report leak, and it made a disclosure to the ICO.
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3 Feb
THREAD: Questions to Keir Starmer's spokesperson this afternoon 🧵
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On use of Union Jack by Labour: "The union flag represents the country that Labour wants to govern and that Keir wants to be the PM of. It’s a symbol of the country we want to lead. You can call that patriotism, you can call it whatever you want, but that’s what we stand for."
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Keir Starmer says council tax increase, Universal Credit cut and pay freeze show "the government isn’t just incompetent but also that it has the wrong priorities". This is the Labour leader entering the next step in his plan to approach opposition, building on competence line.
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But he adds that "the most important thing… is the message to people to stay at home" because "compliance with that message was stronger last March than it is now".
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