Yesterday the court ruled that Labour’s NEC cannot impose a retrospective longevity requirement on which members can and cannot vote in the Leadership election. The Judge’s ruling is here …, you can read it for yourself, I plan to offer you some highlights later, but the ruling is that it can’t impose a retrospective longevity requirement which excludes 25% of the membership. (It seems there’s a rationality test, but the judge didn’t need to apply it, probably just as well.)
Rationality