Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
The NEC have ruled otherwise S-c. I'm trying to remember a precedent.
Again, if the NEC has acted outside the constitution of the Labour Party, the decision is ultra vires, void and open to legal challenge by Jezza.

Whether Starmer, the NEC or uncle Tom Cobbly, the same rules apply. It is a democracy within the rules of the constitution. It is not for Starmer or the NEC to assume powers that they do not hold - no matter how popular or otherwise the decisions may be.

Starmer, as a lawyer, will know that. He is either on safe ground or he is bluffing his way through on a populist approach. In that sense I hope that Corbyn takes them on and shows them to be what they are, if they are acting illegally in the sense of ignoring the constitution.