However ludicrous Theresa May's equality audit may be, it could not have been suggested before Jeremy Corbyn became Leader of the Labour Party. Nor would it be conducted if he were to be removed from that office.
Yet, while it is difficult to imagine that any functioning member of adult society would be so deluded as to believe in that possibility, every conceivable device is being employed to reduce what would rightfully have been Corbyn's runaway margin of victory.
On 8th July, there were 515,000 members of the Labour Party. 165,000 of them will not receive a vote in the Leadership Election.
On 20th July, there were 183,541 people signed up as Registered Supporters. 54,541 of them will not receive a vote in the Leadership Election.
Taken together, and even allowing for some overlap, that is around one third of the people who ought to have had a vote.
That combined figure needs to be added to Corbyn's total, in order to give the real result.
Yet, while it is difficult to imagine that any functioning member of adult society would be so deluded as to believe in that possibility, every conceivable device is being employed to reduce what would rightfully have been Corbyn's runaway margin of victory.
On 8th July, there were 515,000 members of the Labour Party. 165,000 of them will not receive a vote in the Leadership Election.
On 20th July, there were 183,541 people signed up as Registered Supporters. 54,541 of them will not receive a vote in the Leadership Election.
Taken together, and even allowing for some overlap, that is around one third of the people who ought to have had a vote.
That combined figure needs to be added to Corbyn's total, in order to give the real result.
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