At least seven federal Labor MPs are under threat of losing preselection for their seats.Throughout its history, the factions within the Australian Labor Party have sought power by enrolling members in branches, so as to secure the election of delegates to ALP conferences and win ALP preselection for parliamentary seats.These time-honoured tactics were taken to a new low in the 1950s, when the far left permitted non-members to attend and vote at ALP Conferences in defiance of the party rules, to…
