Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Hope on October 08, 2016, 09:38:51 PM
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A friend of mine recently suggested that they would join the Labour Party in order to ensure that, should there be an attempt to deselect 'moderate' sitting MPs, they are able to show their support for the (moderate) Labour MP in their constituency. Clearly, there is nothing illegal about joining a political party in order to influence said party, but is there any law against belonging to 2 or perhaps even more parties at the same time?
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Not as far as I know; parties are autonomous groups which are not state funded. However most parties have internal rules preventing their members joining more than one party.
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Not as far as I know; parties are autonomous groups which are not state funded. However most parties have internal rules preventing their members joining more than one party.
Yes, it's down to the parties' own internal rules. The only exception I know of is that it is possible to be a member of the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party.
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A friend of mine recently suggested that they would join the Labour Party in order to ensure that, should there be an attempt to deselect 'moderate' sitting MPs, they are able to show their support for the (moderate) Labour MP in their constituency. Clearly, there is nothing illegal about joining a political party in order to influence said party, but is there any law against belonging to 2 or perhaps even more parties at the same time?
The Trots have taken over the Labour Party. You will have to literally fight them to get them out. As to whether the so called "Socialist Party" has any such rules I do not know, and I value my front teeth too much to ask them.
No I am not joking.
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I have a few friends who are Labour party members and they all seem to be in a state of perminant depression - so who would want to go down that route?
I note that Tory membership is 'reassuringly' expensive to keep out the riff-raff :)