Ten days ago, The SKWAWKBOX reported that Wallasey CLP (Constituency Labour Party) vice-Chair Paul Davies was under threat of expulsion (not merely suspension) from the party for refuting false allegations against his CLP.

This blog has obtained correspondence – startling correspondence, in this writer’s opinion – between Labour General Secretary Iain McNicol and Mr Davies.

As regular readers will know, this blog has an extremely low opinion of Mr McNicol’s fitness for his post, yet his letter to Mr Davies still left this writer stunned by its crassness and hubris. Mr Davies’ reply stands in stark contrast as a reasoned and restrained response.

The letter from McNicol to Davies, which he appears to have signed in person for a change, is below. Comments on the highlighted sections follows immediately after:

• As Paul Davies’ response below indicates, no insinuation was made that the CLP’s response to the allegations of homophobia…