Not only will members from the far south west have to travel to Bristol (almost nearer to Glasgow than Penzance) but only trade union members are allowed.

Non TU members have lost any chance to hear the candidates debate.

Many older women live in the south west who were never employed so have no trade union - it is disciminatory. 

Also many people in the south west have no nearby trade union and there is less membership than in other parts of the country.

Party members in the south west have few MPs and rarely, if ever, get the chance to hear the leadership debate issues.  This was the one opportunity to bring the debate to all the Party and not just the urban few.

So the party is turning its back on the members in the south west.  Nothing new there then - we lost more than half of our small regional staff to other regions in the last local elections and then are accused of not delivering for Labour - no wonder.