A FILM about Jeremy Corbyn which was 'censored' at one Carlisle community centre is set to be shown at a different venue in the city next month.

‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn: The Big Lie’ will be screened at the Old Fire Station on May 13 at 7pm, with tickets costing £4 for waged people and £2 for unwaged.

The screening follows a 'banning' of the film by the trustees of the Harraby Community Centre.

Peter Doyle, a Labour party member in the Carlisle area, said it was agreed that the film, which is about the inner machinations of the Labour party during Corbyn’s leadership, was agreed to be screened there.

However, he and other Labour members who wanted to show the film were delivered a letter saying the film won’t be shown, with no reason given behind the decision.

Mr Doyle said he had been met with censorship ‘of the highest order’ because of the political bias of the committee.

He said: “The committee that runs the community centre there consist of (among other members) Labour councillors.”

Among the committee members are Cyril Webber, a Labour councillor for Harraby North on the Cumberland Council, Rob Burns, a former Carlisle City Labour councillor, and Lee Sheriff, who campaigned to be the Labour MP for Carlisle in 2015.

The film has made an impact on the Labour party, and in Swansea, Labour told their councillors they were not allowed to watch it.

The film has aroused controversy everywhere it’s been screened, from Devon to Newcastle, with groups and people getting it screened in their local church, pub, and community centre.

Cllr Weber, speaking on behalf of himself and the trustees, refused to give a reason for not allowing the film to be screened, and said: “Why should we give a reason?

“We don’t need to give a reason because we’re the committee and we decide what is shown.”

Karen Lockney, former Labour councillor on Cumbria County Council for Denton Holme and who held a position as trustee at Denton Holme Community Centre, said the banning of this film is ironic: “There is a desire to see it and the News & Star article has only made more people aware that it’s happening.

“I think it’s ridiculous that a community centre trustee is open about saying he doesn’t have to give an excuse for canelling something, it’s just rude and unhelpful.

“We can only assume it’s a politically motivated decision because of the nature of the film, but it remains inappropriate, in my view, to make that decision.

“There is no reason people can’t see it, it’s not discriminatory or offensive to any groups, and adults are capable of watching a film they may disagree with and making up their own mind on what they think about.

“Preventing people from watching a film and having the ability to make up their own mind is reminiscent of Orwellian censorship.

“When I was a trustee, if the Conservatives wanted to put on a film about internal Conservative politics, I wouldn’t have wanted to see it myself, but I wouldn’t have used my role to make the decision for other people to not see it.

“I think the Harraby Community Centre trustees need to think carefully as to whether this represents a conflict of interest.”

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