Kezia Dugdale was sent text messages by a far-left faction of the Labour party KEN JACK/GETTY IMAGESKezia Dugdale, the former Scottish Labour leader, has warned her successor that he cannot expect “blind loyalty” as an ultra-left faction tries to take control of the party’s executive committee. Ms Dugdale published text messages sent to Labour members from the Campaign for Socialism [CfS], urging them to elect “the socialist candidates” to Labour’s Scottish executive committee [SEC]. She tweeted: “These messages really get my goat. We’re all socialists and we should all want an SEC that represents the breadth of the party, just as we should want a diverse parliament that represents the country — for the many.”The message has a link to a CfS Facebook page promoting its slate for the SEC, which states: “We have supported Jeremy Corbyn [UK Labour leader]…

Source: The Times February 07, 2019 00:00 UTC