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| Lorraine Hardy, Membership Secretary of Labour International |
Following this blog post, I received the email below from Lorraine on Thursday evening.
From: Lorraine Hardy
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 18:01:25 +0200
Subject: Suspension from the Labour PartyTo: kphiggins@hotmail.com
Kevin
We
are advised that you have been administratively suspended from the
Labour Party. You therefore no longer appear on the Labour
International membership list.
You have therefore also been removed from the Labour International closed Facebook group.
If
the result of the investigation confirms that you remain in membership
of the Labour Party and thus Labour International, we will welcome you
back to the FB Group.
Regards
Lorraine
Lorraine Hardy
Secretary LICC
Labour International Coordinating Committee
I replied:
On 15 July 2016 at 00:37, kevin higgins <kphiggins@hotmail.com> wrote:
Dear Lorraine,
Who advised you?
Regards,
Kevin
To which Lorraine answered:
From: Lorraine Hardy
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 12:31:09 +0200
Subject: Re: Suspension from the Labour Party
To: kphiggins@hotmail.com
Kevin
Effectively, you did. See:
Regards
Lorraine
Lorraine Hardy
Secretary LICC
Labour International Coordinating Committee
She has yet to reply to my subsequent email:
kevin higgins (kphiggins@hotmail.com)
Dear Lorraine,
You enthusiasm to act without instruction from party headquarters is admirable.
You will note, then, from the letter sent to me, which you will, I know, have read in detail, that the "administrative suspension" does not bar me from attending meetings of my local Labour Party branch, but only from representing the party, and attending other meetings, such as National Conference, until this absurdity is resolved.
You therefore have no business removing me from the Labour International membership list, though you enthusiasm to take this premature action will, I'm sure, meet with approval from some.
Furthermore, I have taken some legal advice this morning and been told that "Labour International is the equivalent of [my] local Labour Party branch". This being the case, I have been advised to insist that you immediately reinstate me in the Labour International Facebook group, or I will be forced to take action.
In your original email, you made it sound like you were operating on instruction for Labour Party HQ - "We are advised that you have been administratively suspended from the Labour Party". It is now clear though that my removal from both the membership list and the Facebook group were acts you rather over enthusiastically took upon yourself.
You now need to correct both of these.
Regards,
Kevin Higgins
| Sent: | 15 July 2016 12:01:15 |
| To: | Lorraine Hardy |
You enthusiasm to act without instruction from party headquarters is admirable.
You will note, then, from the letter sent to me, which you will, I know, have read in detail, that the "administrative suspension" does not bar me from attending meetings of my local Labour Party branch, but only from representing the party, and attending other meetings, such as National Conference, until this absurdity is resolved.
You therefore have no business removing me from the Labour International membership list, though you enthusiasm to take this premature action will, I'm sure, meet with approval from some.
Furthermore, I have taken some legal advice this morning and been told that "Labour International is the equivalent of [my] local Labour Party branch". This being the case, I have been advised to insist that you immediately reinstate me in the Labour International Facebook group, or I will be forced to take action.
In your original email, you made it sound like you were operating on instruction for Labour Party HQ - "We are advised that you have been administratively suspended from the Labour Party". It is now clear though that my removal from both the membership list and the Facebook group were acts you rather over enthusiastically took upon yourself.
You now need to correct both of these.
Regards,
Kevin Higgins
As soon as Comrade Hardy gets back to me with her reply, I will post it here.
