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hopes I have for Britain,” he wr ites. “I

see no strategy in place that remotely

meets the electoral or policy chal-

lenges ahead. On the contrary, in so

far as I ascertain a strategy at all, it is

one that looks more designed to lose.

I fear the country may already have

decided that it does not intend to make

you prime minister.”

Campbell has been appealing

against his expulsion from Labour

since he was ejected under an auto-

matic process designed to deal with

those expressing support for another

party. It caused mixed reactions , with

Charles Clarke, a former home secre-

tary, revealing that he too had opted

for the Lib Dems in the European elec-

tions because of their pro-remain

policy, and Tom Watson, the deputy

Labour leader, saying the move to kick

out Campbell was “spiteful ”.

Others within Labour described the

decision to expel Campbell as merely

a matter of applying party rules con-

sistently, while Momentum, the

grassroots group of Corbyn support-

ers, celebrated his departure saying

that “being kicked out of the party is

the least he deserves” for his role in

Blair’s government and the Iraq war.

In his letter, Campbell says a mem-

ber of Corbyn’s team had more recently

suggested there could be two possible

routes to hi s being let back into the

party, one of which was a suspension of

his auto-exclusion during a review of

the party’s whole disciplinary system,

Rowena Mason

Deputy political editor

Boris Johnson has dropped the White-

hall investigation into Mark Field , the

Conservative MP who was caught on

camera manhandling a Greenpeace

activist out of at a black-tie dinner.

Johnson has sacked Field from his

role as a Foreign Offi ce minister since

taking over as prime minister and

decided that the investigation was

no longer needed.

A No  10 spokesman said: “Mark

Field has now left the government.

The current PM considers this issue

was a matter for the previous PM con-

cerning his conduct during his time as

a minister under her appointment.”

Field had been suspended from

his role but was allowed to retain the

party whip.

A Cabinet Office investigation

began into his behaviour towards the

activist, Janet Barker , who was part of

a protest disrupting the black-tie din-

ner in the City of London.

The decision comes at a time when

Johnson cannot aff ord to lose the sup-

port of any MPs, as he has an eff ective

majority of just three, which may drop

to two after the Brecon and Radnor-

shire byelection on Thursday.

Louise Haigh , the shadow polic-

ing minister, said: “Never mind not

being fi t for a job in government, Mark

Field isn’t fi t to be an MP. It’s not good

enough for the prime minister to say

that he considers the matter settled.

“Having previously failed to con-

demn his actions, this is a test of Boris

Johnson’s attitude towards women. He

should kick him out of the Conserva-

tive party immediately.”

After the incident, police said they

were investigating third-party reports

of assault made against Field, who

apologised to the protester.

However, City of London police

later said they had reviewed the

events of that evening and the views

of Barker, before deciding to take no

further action.

Field, the MP for the Cities of Lon-

don and Westminster, said he had felt

threatened when the protester walked

past him and was worried she might

have been armed.

At the time Barker said she was

incredulous at his reaction and wel-

comed the suspension but would not

want criminal charges to be brought. “I

think it is something best dealt with in

the court of opinion,” she said.

Barker said Field had pushed her so

hard as they reached the door that she

had almost fallen. She said he should

take anger management classes , and

that she had not behaved in any way

that could have been construed as

physically threatening. “I had a phone

and a tiny handbag, which was open

and full of leafl ets,” she said.

“The only thing I was armed with

was peer-reviewed science.”

In a statement released before his

suspension, Field said he had reacted

“instinctively”. He said : “I deeply

regret this episode and unreservedly

apologise to the lady concerned for

grabbing her but in the current climate

I felt I needed to act decisively to close

down the threat .”

Field said he had referred himself to

the Cabinet Offi ce and would cooper-

ate fully with its investigation.

and the other some kind of public com-

mitment to voting Labour at the next

election. But he says he feels unable to

give a commitment to voting Labour

while his concern about Corbyn’s

stance on Brexit is “still acute”.

“I do not know at this stage how

I will vote at the next election, and I

have made this decision after discuss-

ing it with nobody apart from family

and a small number of close personal

friends,” he says, adding that this is

not part of some bigger plan.

“What I do know is that this is

indeed a moment of real peril,” he

writes. “To have any chance of stop-

ping Johnson and stopping a hard

Brexit, you need to step up now, and

signal leadership of the anti-Brexit,

anti-populist cause, though it may be

that loss of trust in your approach to

Brexit means it is too late to win back

many former supporters.”

Corbyn said at the weekend that

he was “raring to go” and ready for an

election against Johnson, which could

come as early as this autumn if the EU

is not open to changing the withdrawal

agreement and parliament blocks a no-

deal Brexit. The party has changed its

policy to call for a second referendum

on any deal and to avoid no deal, but

some Labour MPs are still pushing for a

more unequivocally pro-remain posi-

tion in all circumstances.

Campbell says he does not feel

Corbyn’s shift towards supporting a

second referendum goes far enough,

arguing that “without real change,

there will be nothing left to fi ght for,

and that your place in history will be

as the leader who destroyed Labour

as a serious political force capable of

winning power ”.

He continues: “With a government

this bad, pursuing a ruinous form of

Brexit that will so damage our econ-

omy, society and standing in the

world, Labour should be poised to

win an election. If the public could

see that clear, credible and coherent

alter native across the despatch box,

ably led, we would be. That the coun-

try does not see it is, I am afraid, very

substantially down to you.

“I hope that one day I will rejoin a

party that genuinely appeals to the

many not the few, that can win again

the kind of majority needed to improve

the life chances of those who will be

damaged by Brexit. In the meantime,

please, for the sake of the party and

especially for the sake of the coun-

try, think beyond the messenger, and

think seriously about the message.”

Labour had no comment on Camp-

bell’s letter.

Journal Alastair Campbell Page 4 

Campbell to Corbyn: you

will lose next election and

destroy the Labour party

Johnson drops inquiry into

MP who grabbed protester

▲ Mark Field said he felt threatened

by the climate activist, Janet Barker

▲ Alastair Campbell had planned to

fi ght his explulsion, but will now leave

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