Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield quits Labour - criticising Sir Keir Starmer in resignation letter
In her letter she accused the prime minister and his top team of "sleaze, nepotism and apparent avarice" which are "off the scale".
With Rosie Duffield gone, Labour MPs are collectively less principled than they were before, so here's a possible solution to that.
The idea is to get rid of one of Labour's more ghastly and unprincipled MPs as a kind of positive trade-off for losing Ms Duffield. Make it two or more MPs and idea could be called "Levelling Up".
There are numerous examples of MPs worth losing, beginning with Keir Starmer, but there are many more.
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Good for her. On the other hand, if she feels so moral shouldn't she resign her seat and fight it again as an independent?
Duffield's letter was a real beauty. It was longer and more aggressive than the traditional rancorous resignation letter, so she clearly has some kind of score to settle. Or maybe she knows the "big secret" about to break, and is distancing herself. One point she made is certainly true. Starmer came from being DPP and went straight into the front benches, and never socialised with "ordinary" MPs in the bars and tea room. He never had to justify his ideas, and never learned the craft of appealing to people and selling his ideas.
We might as well have a civil servant as PM.
Alli Starmer and the 40 suits?
(Courtesy of a commenter at Guido)
I think that's an excellent idea, AK! Starmer has already proved himself to be an appallingly bad PM, and it'll surely get much worse for him, so he might just as well set an example!
But the "more ghastly and unprincipled MPs " will be more difficult to get rid of by the nature of their firm grip on privilege.
By which reasoning Two Tier Free Gear Keir Granny Harmer Starmer will turn his astoundingly tin ear against any calls for his resignation. He is already astonished that critics do not recognise his (self alleged) moral value since he is Leader of the principled Labour Party.
Who said that farce was dead?
dearieme - I don't think her principles take her that far, but continuing HoC life as a fierce Keir Starmer critic could be a principle.
Sam - "We might as well have a civil servant as PM."
I think we have, Rosie Duffield's letter brings that out very well. I'd only half noticed it, but it's an aspect of his career to dwell on I think.
dearieme - "Alli Starmer and the 40 suits" and the 40 suits will be his EU chums.
Scrobs - I hope it gets much worse for him. I'm not vindictive but...
DJ - "Who said that farce was dead?"
That's the best thing about it, sit back and enjoy the farce. As it has become fairly clear that he has no notion of how to extricate himself, it's a show worth watching. Unless it turns really sour of course, which it could.
If the hints that he has another family are true then I pray that the illicit children attend private schools.
dearieme - and Lord Alli has promised to pay the VAT.
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