[arista]

Over the Winter Fuel Allowance
and Starmers Sleeze.



[Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield
has resigned from the Labour Party.

The 53-year-old MP is the first to
jump ship since the general election
and in her resignation letter criticised
the prime minister for accepting thousands
of pounds worth of gifts.

She told Sir Keir Starmer the reason for
leaving now is "the programme of policies
you seem determined to stick to",
despite their unpopularity with the
electorate and MPs.

In her letter she accused the
prime minister and his top team of "sleaze,
nepotism and apparent avarice"
which are "off the scale".

"I'm so ashamed of what you and
your inner circle have done to tarnish
and humiliate our once proud party," she said.]


https://news.sky.com/story/rosie-duf...ur-mp-13224014

[Cherie]

Excruciating letter, but correct in every way....

[joeysteele]

I do agree with her in part.

However this is not really a surprise.
I was quite surprised she even stood again in this election.

I agree with her on the winter fuel payment definitely.
However this doesn't surprise me at all.
I'm not sure she'll be the only one either actually.

I'm kind of annoyed since I spent time canvassing for her.
You should make an effort to stay and fight from within not march off in a huff at a first hurdle.

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I do agree with her in part.

However this is not really a surprise.
I was quite surprised she even stood again in this election.

I agree with her on the winter fuel payment definitely.
However this doesn't surprise me at all.
I'm not sure she'll be the only one either actually.

It's just a shame that no one could have predicted that labour would embrace further austerity. Damn, if only there had been some kind of inkling.


I accept your apology, joey.

[The Slim Reaper]

Now there's no one left in labour who can say what a woman is. Damn.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I do agree with her in part.

However this is not really a surprise.
I was quite surprised she even stood again in this election.

I agree with her on the winter fuel payment definitely.
However this doesn't surprise me at all.
I'm not sure she'll be the only one either actually.

I'm kind of annoyed since I spent time canvassing for her.
You should make an effort to stay and fight from within not march off in a huff.

Tbf to her if you really cant stomach being associated with the policies they have rolled out so far, and the Whip removed for not voting in the way Starmer wants you to I dont really blame her, they never got on at any rate

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

It's just a shame that no one could have predicted that labour would embrace further austerity. Damn, if only there had been some kind of inkling.


I accept your apology, joey.

...er, I haven't apologised and have no intention of doing so.
I've NOTHING to apologise for.

[smudgie]

Respect for Rosie.
Shame some of the others can’t get their heads out of their backsides and stand up for the people of this country

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

...er, I haven't apologised and have no intention of doing so.
I've NOTHING to apologise for.

How about for getting continually sh1tty every time I told you exactly what Starmer was going to do?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Is she the one Stamer threw under a bus so he could appease a tiny minority of women hating male "trans extremists"?

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Tbf to her if you really cant stomach being associated with the policies they have rolled out so far, and the Whip removed for not voting in the way Starmer wants you to I dont really blame her, they never got on at any rate

Your last line is correct.
It's why I was surprised she stood again.

However she agrees with everything except the Winter fuel payment and universal credit 2 child cap.

I don't like Starmer at all, never have.
I'm not that keen on Reeves, she isn't listening.
However you don't change anything running away.

Although we activists help get her a good increased majority in Canterbury, so she, AFTER getting that, now stays in place for 5 years on full MP salary and can now vote how she likes.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

Is she the one Stamer threw under a bus so he could appease a tiny minority of women hating male "trans extremists"?

yep, couldn't attend conference last year due to death threats... but thats fine I guess ...she is just a mere woman after all, not someone who feels like a woman

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

How about for getting continually sh1tty every time I told you exactly what Starmer was going to do?

Why should I when I don't agree with you.

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

Why should I when I don't agree with you.

I don't know about should, but I thought you might want to, with a touch of humility and sincerity? No?

[Black Dagger]

Oh no… what will they do without her exuberant personality and kind politics… she will be really missed…

[Liam-]

One less transphobe in the party, she’ll be welcomed into reform where she belongs, Starmer deserves it after repeatedly backing her in the face of her bigotry

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by arista

Over the Winter Fuel Allowance
and Starmers Sleeze.



[Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield
has resigned from the Labour Party.

The 53-year-old MP is the first to
jump ship since the general election
and in her resignation letter criticised
the prime minister for accepting thousands
of pounds worth of gifts.

She told Sir Keir Starmer the reason for
leaving now is "the programme of policies
you seem determined to stick to",
despite their unpopularity with the
electorate and MPs.

In her letter she accused the
prime minister and his top team of "sleaze,
nepotism and apparent avarice"
which are "off the scale".

"I'm so ashamed of what you and
your inner circle have done to tarnish
and humiliate our once proud party," she said.]


https://news.sky.com/story/rosie-duf...ur-mp-13224014

Starmer deserves every word she wrote and more.

[arista]

[MTVN]

Man that's a powerful letter and surely very hard for anyone to disagree with any of it

[Liam-]

She felt so strongly against taking away wfp’s from those that don’t need it, she… abstained from the vote, she’s waiting for the perfect opportunity to stick the knife into Starmer

[joeysteele]

She actually wasn't very appreciative when helping her in the Canterbury seat.
I actually think she was going to do this anyhow once all we activists had worked our backsides off helping get her re-elected.

If she's so hung up as to hypocrisy, why not test her own views with the constituents and see if they agree with her by creating a by-election.

If she still won, then that would send a far stronger, of thousands in fact, message to Starmer.

I wonder if she will, or just sit there comfortable now for 5 years taking her MPs salary.
I'm pretty sure it will be the latter.
Despite her so called strong level of feelings she states as to hypocrisy.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Man that's a powerful letter and surely very hard for anyone to disagree with any of it

Well.....

[joeysteele]

Why hasn't she criticised Rachel Reeves too then.
She took clothing too and the winter fuel cut is actually Reeves more insistence as a policy to be done .

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Man that's a powerful letter and surely very hard for anyone to disagree with any of it

Indeed

[arista]