Thread by @aRtHuRoftheLeFt

@LauraPidcock @jeremycorbyn Agree with this. I both respect & appreciate your conduct & solidarity.
Solidarity is a 2 way street.
I'd like to explain why I'm so angry with the party & disappointed with it's elected representatives - in this context those in the @socialistcam as well as Jeremy Corbyn 1/

@LauraPidcock @jeremycorbyn @socialistcam I, like 1000s of other democratic socialist members, who for many years have helped fund, supported & campained for the LP; who have literally put their heart & soul to promote the principles of justice, fairness & anti-racism; 2/

@LauraPidcock @jeremycorbyn @socialistcam have been falsely smeared & labelled as cranks, trots and antisemites; harassed, abused, investigated, threatened & suspended by the very party we have invested so much energy, effort & heart into getting elected.Not only has this been felt as the deep betrayal it is 3/

@LauraPidcock @jeremycorbyn @socialistcam but it is an attack on our very being. The fals antisemitism accusation made against those that feel the anti-racism fight the most, which is part of who we are & forms our very basic beliefs in what is right, naturally cuts very deep.
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@LauraPidcock @jeremycorbyn @socialistcam Add to this the dropping under starmer of support for the manifesto, the policies, principle & values we stand for; the attack on free speech, democracy, due process & natural justice in the party; and I'm sure you'll share our frustration. 5/

@LauraPidcock @jeremycorbyn @socialistcam Throughout, we have shown solidarity to Jeremy & defended both him & all socialists, deefending him, them and our shared values at every turn - to our personal cost - more abuse, ridicule, smearing & persecution. 6/

@LauraPidcock @jeremycorbyn @socialistcam And this is where solidarity being a 2 way street becomes important. We have been abandoned - the very opposite of solidarity. And by the very people we supported, campaigned for, defended & trusted. We have been left to organise & defend ourselves @LabourInExile @JVoiceLabour 6/

@LauraPidcock @jeremycorbyn @socialistcam @LabourInExile @JVoiceLabour Where was or is the solidarity with @Jackiew80333500 @DerbyChrisW @Marcwads ? Where was or is the solidarity with the 1000s of members, like myself, who have been smeared, abused, harassed, thrown or chased out of the party? Nowhere, that's where. 8/

@LauraPidcock @jeremycorbyn @socialistcam @LabourInExile @JVoiceLabour @Jackiew80333500 @DerbyChrisW @Marcwads The deafening silence from prominent socialists within the LP - MPs in particular has been one of the most difficult to swallow. This may be due to their naive belief in & attachment to the party, but at what cost? 9/

@LauraPidcock @jeremycorbyn @socialistcam @LabourInExile @JVoiceLabour @Jackiew80333500 @DerbyChrisW @Marcwads It leaves them open (perhaps unfairly) to the accusation that their attachment may rather be to their considerable salary & career.
I hope this goes some way to explain why me & many others have totally lost faith in @UKLabour & can neither support nor vote for it. 10/

@LauraPidcock @jeremycorbyn @socialistcam @LabourInExile @JVoiceLabour @Jackiew80333500 @DerbyChrisW @Marcwads @UKLabour If the current management wasn't vile enough & the very antithesis of our core values & beliefs; the near total lack of reciprocity from 'comrades' we showed total solidarity to has been fatal.
I don't have the answer, but, as it stands, the LP isn't it.
Solidarity ❤✊