Gb: Starmer wins, new pro nomenclature rules in Labor

(ANSA) - LONDON, SEPTEMBER 27 - The British Labor leader Keir Starmer finally manages to win with the approval, during the party congress in Brighton, of a reform of internal regulations that strengthens the weight of the nomenclature rather than that of the members.

    The participation in the Unison union project was decisive for obtaining the narrow victory. However, this is a softer version of the other proposal put forward by the leader of the opposition (and later rejected) which aimed at a return to the old system in which parliamentarians weighed twice as much as they had at the time of the collective vote to choose the new leader of Labor. The fallback solution is limited to passing from 10 to 20% the minimum threshold of the signatures of the deputies necessary to present a candidacy. This can only act as a 'filter' for future internal elections, creating a more hostile context for outsiders and more similar to the model of the conservative party. A rule has also been introduced that almost binds the deputies in office,raising the necessary threshold of militants of the constituencies of reference necessary to discourage them and question their automatic reapplication at subsequent elections. The reform strongly irritates the Labor left: the Momentum movement spoke of a "blow to internal democracy inflicted despite the opposition of party members".

    Another change was the introduction of an independent complaint process that evaluates possible cases of anti-Semitism, as suggested by the report of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (Ehrc), the body that monitors cases of discrimination in Great Britain, after the series of accusations against Labor. .

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