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On 26 July 2016, Michael Foster took legal action against Labour's general secretary [[Iain McNicol]], challenging the [[National Executive Committee#NEC meeting: 12 July 2016|NEC's decision of 12 July 2016]] that the incumbent leader is automatically included in the contest. NEC members had wrestled with legal advice for six hours over whether Mr Corbyn would need to secure the support of 20% of Labour MPs and MEPs (51 nominations) but voted 18-14 that he should automatically be on the leadership ballot. | On 26 July 2016, Michael Foster took legal action against Labour's general secretary [[Iain McNicol]], challenging the [[National Executive Committee#NEC meeting: 12 July 2016|NEC's decision of 12 July 2016]] that the incumbent leader is automatically included in the contest. NEC members had wrestled with legal advice for six hours over whether Mr Corbyn would need to secure the support of 20% of Labour MPs and MEPs (51 nominations) but voted 18-14 that he should automatically be on the leadership ballot. | ||
| − | As Foster sought to reverse this decision by the NEC, Jeremy Corbyn requested to be added to the proceedings as second defendant in the High Court case | + | As Foster sought to reverse this decision by the NEC, Jeremy Corbyn requested to be added to the proceedings as second defendant in the High Court case.<ref>''[http://www.itv.com/news/2016-07-26/high-court-to-hear-legal-challenge-over-jeremy-corbyns-place-on-labour-leadership-ballot/ "High Court to hear legal challenge over Jeremy Corbyn's place on Labour leadership ballot"]''</ref> |
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| + | In his three-page judgement on 28 July 2016, Mr Justice Foskett concluded that the decision of the NEC was correct and that Mr Corbyn was entitled to be a candidate in the forthcoming election without the need for nominations.<ref>''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36909862 "Labour leadership: Corbyn ballot challenge rejected"]''</ref> The Judge awarded both defendants their costs which means that Michael Foster must pay Corbyn's legal costs and the Labour Party's costs.<ref>''[https://twitter.com/EllieJPrice/status/758658654375641088 Michael Foster must pay Corbyn's legal costs and the Labour Party's costs"]''</ref> | ||
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Michael Foster is a top showbiz agent and donor of more than £400,000 to the Labour Party since 2010.[1]
He stood as Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate for the Cornish constituency of Camborne and Redruth in the 2015 General Election and, having secured 11,448 votes (25%), came second to the Conservatives.[2]
Working alongside David Cameron, PR chief at Carlton Communications (CC), Michael Foster was CC's Managing Director of Content from September 1999 to February 2001.[3]
Heckling Corbyn
In October 2015, Michael Foster was reported to have heckled Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at a Labour Friends of Israel event. Foster told The Times:
- “I find it difficult to understand how the leader of the British Labour party, when he has spent the party conference talking about decency, respect for human values and human rights, kindness and a new way of conducting politics, can appear on a platform in front of 250 or 300 Jewish people . . . and cannot find in his lexicon of words at that meeting, the word Jew, Jewish, the UK Jewish community or the word Israel. That is not leadership.”[4]
He appeared on the BBC Daily Politics programme on 2 October 2015 to explain his behaviour.[5]
Zio is slang for Jew
In April 2016, Michael Foster joined the commercially-controlled media smear campaign against Jeremy Corbyn in a Daily Mail article headlined "Ignorant, Godless, Hateful - Corbyn's contempt for Jews is a disgrace":
The word Zio for those not used to the language of the young is not a shortened reference to a Zionist but slang for Jew.
There are many Anglo Jews like me; yes of course we worry. History tells us we are not wrong to do so. I am the first male in four generations going back to 1860 who has not yet been driven from their country of birth by political anti-Semitism.
Those of us who are committed socialists, committed supporters of Labour, will fight both for the Labour cause of justice and fairness in our society. We won’t be defeated by ignorance, hate and a godless totalitarian black-and-white view of the world that so many on the Labour Left possess.
As for anti-Semitism in the Labour Party, it will recede when the party has strong leadership and not before. That’s the litmus test for Jeremy Corbyn.[6]
Legal challenge
On 26 July 2016, Michael Foster took legal action against Labour's general secretary Iain McNicol, challenging the NEC's decision of 12 July 2016 that the incumbent leader is automatically included in the contest. NEC members had wrestled with legal advice for six hours over whether Mr Corbyn would need to secure the support of 20% of Labour MPs and MEPs (51 nominations) but voted 18-14 that he should automatically be on the leadership ballot.
As Foster sought to reverse this decision by the NEC, Jeremy Corbyn requested to be added to the proceedings as second defendant in the High Court case.[7]
In his three-page judgement on 28 July 2016, Mr Justice Foskett concluded that the decision of the NEC was correct and that Mr Corbyn was entitled to be a candidate in the forthcoming election without the need for nominations.[8] The Judge awarded both defendants their costs which means that Michael Foster must pay Corbyn's legal costs and the Labour Party's costs.[9]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Jewish Money And The Labour Party | article | 11 April 2016 | Gilad Atzmon | The Labour party is evidently dependent on the shekel pipeline. The numbers reveal why Labour has been hijacked by Jewish interests. Whether or not we like it, our leading opposition party is a hostage begging for the mercy of few wealthy Jews. |
References
- ↑ "Michael Foster, Celebrity Agent"
- ↑ "General Election 2015: Can top showbiz agent turned Labour candidate Michael Foster keep his cool on the campaign trail?"
- ↑ "Cameron – the PR years"
- ↑ "Labour donor explains why he heckled Jeremy Corbyn at Israel event"
- ↑ "Michael Foster on BBC Daily Politics"
- ↑ "Ignorant, Godless, Hateful - Corbyn's contempt for Jews is a disgrace: A withering attack on the Labour leader by donor who backed party with £400,000 at 2015 Election"
- ↑ "High Court to hear legal challenge over Jeremy Corbyn's place on Labour leadership ballot"
- ↑ "Labour leadership: Corbyn ballot challenge rejected"
- ↑ Michael Foster must pay Corbyn's legal costs and the Labour Party's costs"
