Jeremy Corbyn’s allies to try and ban his most vocal critic in Parliament from standing for re-election as a Labour MP
John Woodcock told his constituents at an election campaign event his leader 'wouldn't be fit to be Prime Minister'
JEREMY Corbyn's allies will tomorrow attempt to ban his most vocal critic from standing for re-election as a Labour MP.
John Woodcock told his constituents at an election campaign event that Mr Corbyn "wouldn't be fit to be Prime Minister".
And he has angered the leader’s office further by vowing: "If it came to it I wouldn't allow it to happen."
Hard-left members of Labour's ruling National Executive Committee are set to table a motion at a key selection meeting in London tomorrow to demand Mr Woodcock be de-selected as the party's candidate in Barrow and Furness next month.
Labour has yet to respond to comment on whether Mr Woodcock faces deselection.
Explaining how he would stop Mr Corbyn from becoming PM, Mr Woodcock said today: "If there was a majority of 1 or 0 I would demand that Labour picked a leader could better command a majority in the Houses of Parliament and be a better Prime Minister."
He told BBC Daily Politics he would not stand as an independent, adding: “I want to be on the Labour ticket.”
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It comes after the NEC barred Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk from standing as a Labour candidate earlier this week.
The move enraged the shamed MP for Rochdale, who was suspended for sending sex texts to a teenager - and may seal and end to his political career.
The NEC unanimously decided to bar Mr Danczuk from re-standing for his Lancashire seat - which he has held since winning it from the Lib Dems in 2010.
He was suspended from the Labour party in 2015 after The Sun revealed he sent explicit messages to a 17-year-old girl who had asked him for a job in his constituency office.
The 50-year-old’s ex-wife Karen also failed in her bid to become an MP, after she wasn’t selected by Labour to be the candidate for Bury North.