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THE head of the centre-left pressure group Compass today hit out at the Labour Party’s “petty tyranny” as he claimed he faced expulsion as a member after 44 years.
Neal Lawson said he was being driven out by “bullies” over an “uncontentious” tweet he sent in 2021 in support of a Liberal Democrat MP’s call for some voters to back Green candidates in the local elections.
In a piece for the Guardian, he said: “The reason is that the party machine is no longer run in this long and rich spirit of pluralism.”
He claimed Labour MPs were “cowed by the fear that they will be next” as he denounced party factionalism as “a petty tyranny.”
A Labour spokesperson said it was “entirely false” for Mr Lawson to claim he had been expelled. They said he had been given two weeks to respond to a letter that put to him allegations that he expressed support for another political party.
