After the Jeremy Corbyn-backed ‘grassroots network’ Momentum was launched, several Labour politicians voiced fears that the campaign group could be used to oust moderate Labour MPs in favour of Corbyn champions. The campaign group has since insisted that although it grew out of the Corbyn campaign, it is independent to the party’s leadership.
Now things have been made official with the Labour leader’s election campaign group renamed Momentum on Companies House. Newsnight‘s Ed Brown reports that Corbyn’s leadership campaign has changed its name on Companies House from ‘Jeremy Corbyn Campaign 2015’ to ‘Momentum Campaign Ltd’:
(Credit: @EdsBrown)
This acts as a reminder of just how close the relationship between Corbyn’s team and the group really is. With Corbyn’s aide Simon Fletcher no longer a director, Corbyn champion John Lansman — the editor of Left Futures — is now the sole director. Earlier this week Lansman praised his ‘longstanding friend’ Seumas Milne’s controversial appointment as Corbyn’s new head of communication.
Delighted that @SeumasMilne is to be @jeremycorbyn comms chief – a longstanding friend and comrade
— Jon Lansman 🟣 (@jonlansman) October 20, 2015
With Momentum aiming to ‘organise in every town, city and village to create a mass movement for real progressive change’, only time will tell whether Labour politicians — including David Blunkett and Mary Creagh — were right to raise concerns about the intentions of the group.
Update: As one eagle-eyed user points out to Mr S, the registered address for the company in Butlers Wharf is hardly befitting of a working class hero, at £2,773 per month.
@MrSteerpike @spectator Snazzy registered office too. https://t.co/0jsrN6KcvJ pic.twitter.com/Q0x3nrnaA1
— chriswhite (@bombaylychee) October 24, 2015
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