Ealing Southall: now Labour have trouble with their candidate

Hot on the heels of the Conservative Party’s trouble over the imposition of Tony Lit as their candidate in Ealing Southall, we have fun and games in the Labour Party too.

Ealing Southall was originally going to have an All Women Shortlist for Labour, something strongly backed by Piara Khabra before his death who had wanted to be followed by a female Labour MP when he retired.

But that was scrapped when he died and the by-election was called. Amongst those campaigning for the Labour selection was Sonika Nirwal, who was clearly taking the selection seriously given how glossy her selection leaflet was. It included an endorsement from neighbouring MP Stephen Pound

She’s been blocked at the last moment from standing by the Labour NEC’s decision to only let two men through to the final member vote.

And to add to the fun is the speculation that another Ealing Labour councillor, Gurcharan Singh, may stand as an independent after failing to make the Southall shortlist.