Labour insist rebellion was no bigger than expected - but loss of Jess Phillips is a big blow for Keir Starmer
Most of the MPs who rebelled against Sir Keir Starmer were minor figures holding low-key posts - but Jess Phillips, the high-profile shadow Home Office minister, was one notable exception.
She's by far the biggest loss to Sir Keir's frontbench team after this rebellion, and the Labour leader will need to be forgiving after a decent interval and is likely to be looking for a reason to restore her to the frontline before the general election.
Surely not a great loss if she flounces off at this stage of the game. Jess Phillips leaving the main stage could even be counted as a gain. Handy for voters too - she has reminded us how ghastly "Sir" Keir's rabble are.
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Fascinating that it's all about a vote that concerns only preening. There surely can't be anyone on earth daft enough to think that Labour votes on Gaza will change reality by a micron.
Now, if she were to volunteer to travel to Gaza and wield an AK-47 on behalf of Hamas that might be a clean different thing.
Putting an optimistic interpretation on things this is just the latest instance of Sir IKEA sieving out the people that would incapacitate Labour in office.
Of course you could argue that the sieve has a very wide mesh and by the time the General Election comes around there will only be Sir IKEA in the parliamentary party. Tee hee.
Poor bloke. He had to kick out the obvious anti-semites to try to appeal to the electorate. But with a party largely in hock to the Muslims, he will have to kick out a lot more. What's an ambitious lawyer to do?
dearieme - I agree, it's preening and they have no intention of doing anything else. Undignified too but they don't see it.
DJ - that thought made me chuckle - tee hee indeed. He can be as politically careful as he thinks fit, but events and the rabble will knock him off course.
Sam - I reckon he's in the wrong party, the Tories would have suited him better politically. He's chosen a rabble he can't manage except by chucking them out or demoting them.
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