McDonnell appeals to TGWU leaders
Yesterday, 6 March, John McDonnell MP made a plea to left-wingers on the TGWU's General Executive Council to help him get on the ballot paper for the upcoming Labour leadership election, but was rebuffed. The GEC is meeting this week. "If you can't say that the TGWU supports my campaign, all right", said McDonnell. "But it should be possible for the TGWU to say that John McDonnell should be on the ballot paper". An official statement from the TGWU, calling on TGWU-sponsored MPs to nominate McDonnell, might bring McDonnell an extra 10 or 20 nominations. That - according to McDonnell's account...