Ian Foster writes: I first joined the Labor Party in 1970 and am very proud indeed of my certificate of life membership. I feel sympathy for Senator Fatima Payman but appreciate the challenge that her identity and conscience present to the party’s powerbrokers.
From time to time all political groupings have to deal with internal stresses, sometimes by total expulsions, formal splits, the formation of coalitions (or secret agreements) or simply respect for differences (remember when PM Turnbull was laughed at by fellow Liberals when he stated that his party had no factions?).
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