Labour stays stubborn over Falkirk

Labour is standing firm over Falkirk, even though senior figures such as Johann Lamont and Alistair Darling are sufficiently worried by the allegations still emerging to call for a new investigation. This morning Caroline Flint was sent out in a stern mood to bat for the party, with the Shadow Energy Secretary telling Radio 4’s Today programme that the party wouldn’t publish its internal reports, but that it had already taken ‘firm action’. She said:

‘The current position is this: when reports were made to the party about concerns about the Falkirk selection, the party was suspended and put in special measures. Ms Murphy, who was one of the candidates at the heart of the process, withdrew her nomination from the process. All those people who were signed up under a union membership scheme are not allowed to take part in the selection and that union membership scheme has been shut down.