Corbyn At War With Labour Party Establishment

Andrew Fisher, Corbyn’s policy advisor, had his party membership suspended on Friday as part of an increasingly public battle for control of the party between backbench Labour MPs and the party leader.

Tonight Mr Corbyn insisted he has “full confidence” in Mr Fisher, despite an outcry after it emerged he told voters in his constituency not to vote Labour at the General Election – and to back the anarchist Class War party instead.

Given that Jeremy Corbyn took time out of his party conference speech to take a swipe at articles published by both the Mail Online and the Mail on Sunday, it’s safe to say that there is no love lost between Corbyn and Lord Rothermere’s media empire.

Mr Fisher faces possible disciplinary action from Labour over complaints he urged support for another party’s candidate at the general election.

It follows a backlash sparked by Mr Fisher’s appointment as the left-winger’s right-hand man over his controversial Twitter comments.

McMahon, 35, is from the moderate wing of the Labour party.

Fisher last week apologised to McNicol, writing in reference to his Class War tweet: “I accept that the tweet has been misinterpreted and has caused embarrassment and understandable upset among party members, which I regret.

On behalf of those hard working members who were offended by Mr Fisher’s activities which included supporting a candidate against Labour in May, it is only right that the general secretary has initiated an inquiry”.

The Twitter account @campaignbeard belonged to Jon Bigger, the Class War candidate.

The suspension of Mr Fisher came following protests about his attacks on senior Labour politicians by Blairite MPs Caroline Flint and Siobhain McDonagh at a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party last month.

“I’m happy to stand forward for the Labour Party and I’m happy to show UKIP the door”, he added.

But Corbynistas will see the hostile party machine doing its best to undermine a leader they feel shouldn’t be there and is unworthy of the office he holds.

The NEC, including its rules subcommittee, is expected to debate, within the next few days, whether to expel Fisher.

Labour’s rule book states that any member who “supports any candidate who stands against an official Labour candidate… shall automatically be ineligible to be or remain a party member”.