The Momentum tool appears to be being used to prioritise supporting candidates who are sympathetic to Corbyn DANIEL LEAL-OLIVASLabour activists are being directed to help Corbynista candidates in unwinnable seats — at the expense of campaigning in constituencies where the race is much tighter. Momentum, the grassroots campaign group that backs Jeremy Corbyn, proposes on its online campaign map that canvassers travel to areas whose candidates are devoted followers of the Labour leader — even when the activists live in marginal constituencies where the party could win. The campaign group says the map allows supporters to find “events in the marginal seat that needs [them] most” by entering their postcode or location. However, an investigation by The Sunday Times has found repeated examples where this is not the case, raising the prospect that the tool is being used to prioritise supporting candidates who…

Source: The Times December 07, 2019 18:11 UTC