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15 March 2012

Progress has become a party within a party

The undemocratic Blairite group must be called to account by Labour.

By Michael Meacher

When does a political campaigning body cross the red line of legitimacy and become a party within a party, and then what should be done about it? Detailed recent investigations have raised this question about the role of the Blairite Progress organisation within the Labour Party. But the issue raises much wider matters about corporate involvement in modern politics involving all parties, and as such urgently requires attention.

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