John Spellar
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@spellar
Labour Lord. Promoted by David Evans on behalf of the Labour Party, 20 Rushworth Street, London, SE1 0SS
NEW: Zack Polanski apologises ‘Everyone in leadership has a responsibility for lowering the temperature at a time of such tension, and I apologise for sharing a tweet in haste. Police responses to emergency situations such as these do need later reflection in the right forums, but I accept that social media is not the appropriate channel for doing so. I have invited Mark Rowley to meet with me to discuss the police response and the wider issues raised in his letter.’
On back of @Steven_Swinford news that Speaker will allow vote, a senior Labour figure messages to point out it was a free vote when Boris Johnson referred & this ‘Commons business so should not be whipped’ Says whipping MPs to vote to avoid security is problematic…
The amount of extremist antisemitic candidates the Green Party have is far larger than labour under corbyn had
NEW - I understand the Labour MP Karl Turner has had the whip suspended 🚨
Exc: Labour war erupts over our story - with female Labour MPs attacking "misogyny" and "scapegoating" of Hollie Ridley, the party's general secretary. Lucy Powell, Labour's deputy leader, wrote in the Women's PLP WhatsApp group today in response to our story: "It's unacceptable to brief against colleagues at all, but to brief against staff who have no public platform to defend themselves is particularly bad". She adds: "I had hoped we were moving past this kind of behaviour." Stronger words from Siobhain McDonagh: "Hollie is doing a tough job in difficult circumstances. If we lose badly in May it is certainly not her fault. It's ours. I have been here before when ambitious politicians decide that the female General Secretary is fair game. It doesn't end well for anyone. If any[one] wants to leak this post please make sure you spell my name correctly! Siobhain McDonagh." Alex Davies-Jones, a minister, adds: "It's made me very angry... I thought we'd addressed the issue of briefing against women. It's disheartening and reeks of misogyny." Anna Turley, the Labour chair, writes: "Horrified by the piece. Hollie is one of the most impressive people I've ever worked with... She also organised an incredible campaign at G&D [Gorton and Denton] - it broke records for the mobilisation - and any shortcomings are not hers." Allison Gardner asks: "Are they setting her up to be the scapegoat" To which Ashley Dalton responds: "This has been on the cards for months. Fuming." Emily Darlington adds: "Funny that this is the only MP WhatsApp group that is upset at this..." Amanda Martin says: "Totally outrageous once again [to] try to lay blame at feet of a cracking woman." x.com/Geri_E_L_Scott…
“The very survival of the Labour Party is at stake," Angela Rayner warned in a major intervention on Tuesday night The former deputy prime minister told soft left Labour group Mainstream that the party was "running out of time" She also criticised "un-British" immigration reforms, saying they'd “pull the rug” from migrants already in the UK, reports @siennamarla politicshome.com/news/article/a…
