Left protests against bureaucratic running of Labour Party conference
In a statement issued on 29/10/05, the Labour Representation Committee said it was "appalled by the brutal treatment of Walter Wolfgang" - an 82 year old delegate forcibly removed from the conference for mildly heckling Jack Straw - and it was "demanding a full and independent enquiry into way the party conference is currently being run." The LRC states: This week there have been shocking allegations of corruption of the democratic process and intimidation of ordinary delegates, as well as the blatant gerrymandering of the conference agenda. It is not just a matter of 80 year old hecklers...