Labour out Conservative MP in #Tories4Corbyn crackdown

Labour’s verification process has been under a lot of scrutiny in recent weeks as more and more Tories have claimed they have successfully joined as a supporter of the party in order to vote for Jeremy Corbyn and ‘condemn Labour to years in the political wilderness’.

Labour insist that they have a crack team successfully weeding out non-Labour supporters from the genuine new joiners. This is a point that they seem rather keen to make known. Today the party’s press office has tweeted the Tory MP Tim Loughton to tell him that his application has sadly been declined:

Thanks for your donation to the Labour Party @timloughton. However as a Tory MP you will not get a vote in our leadership election.

— Labour Press (@labourpress) August 5, 2015

While Loughton’s actions have been criticised by members of Labour, former Tory MP Louise Mensch has also weighed in:

https://twitter.com/LouiseMensch/status/628948272388960256

Happily the party will retain the £3 joiner fee as an admin cost.