Rosie Duffield and threats

Seems to be open season on Rosie now.

Well done Keir slow handicap

Thanks I've complained about both.

And another Labour councillor geeing rhys on

https://x.com/CllrStephanieG/status/1802275015569604632

He seems nice...

Rhys Goode put the boot into Rosie by saying that cashman didnt need to apologise without even knowing what cashman had tweeted. In his follow up he undermines a Labour candidate

What an idiot.

Anyone doing complaints here is another anti-woman one from a Labour councilor:

Rhys Goode Labour Co-op Cllr BridgendCBC |

https://x.com/rhys_goode/status/1802356987620905311

Just to say, I hadn’t seen Lord Cashman’s earlier tweet and I don’t agree with it…however, I still don’t believe our candidate for Canterbury should be a labour candidate. Sorry, if you don’t like that

That is breaking party rules. If you are in the party you don't undermine any candidates in public statements.

Cashman's tweets are being reported in The Guardian, Mail, Standard. Hopefully more will be discussed in the media tomorrow and Labour candidates other than Wes Streeting will be asked about it.

Streeting's intervention is getting press

Rosie Duffield ‘frit or lazy’ criticism extremely unfair, says Wes Streeting
Wes Streeting has criticised Lord Cashman, who made the comment about Labour candidate Rosie Duffield after she cancelled a local hustings.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/rosie-duffield-wes-streeting-kemi-badenoch-nigel-farage-canterbury-b1164685.html

Starmer is being interviewed all the time so countdown is on till someone asks him about this.

Yes, as the saying goes, 'a fish rots from the head'. Organisational culture is set from the top level so if Starmer and his coterie are treating Duffield with disdain, and refusing to condemn or punish bad behaviour towards her, it’s no bloody wonder that those at lower levels in the Labour Party are following his lead.

What a callous, spiteful post by Cashman.

Dame Katy Denise nails it in her Twix response to Cashman’s mealy-mouthed non-apology.

Personally I think Streeting is showing Starmer up here.

Starmer could easily put out a statement that Labour will not stand for intimidation and bullying of his MPs. By not doing so he’s making himself look weak.

And by leaving it so long, he has let the situation get out of hand. Labour supporters and members and Labour peers are openly abusing women because senior people in Labour haven't drawn a line in the sand and said it's unacceptable.

He is either a coward, doesn't care, or agrees with the people abusing Rosie. I can't fathom any other reason.

His silence is shameful.

If anyone wants to complain to Labour about Michael Cashman’s treatment of Rosie, the URL is https://labour.org.uk/resources/making-a-complaint/

It also makes him look like he dislikes or disapproves of her. It’s happened so often now that it looks personal.

God forbid anything does happen, how much of a callous shitbag would he look for not even acknowledging the threats and intimidation.

It just boggles the mind that he continues to ignore it.

I don't get why Starmer doesn't stand up for Rosie. How hard can it be to say"I won't tolerate members of the Labour Party bullying Labour MPs and Labour candidates. Any Labour party member who engages in threats and bullying will be expelled." It makes him look so weak and cowardly that he won't do this.

The Mail have reported on this. The comments sum up Cashman perfectly:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13535427/Eastenders-Labour-lord-Michael-Cashman-Rosie-Duffield-election.html

Yes it'll certainly be interesting to see whether or not he gets the Health brief. The same applies to Women and Equalities. I think I've read somewhere (Janice Turner's article possibly?) that Dodds isn't likely to be in the frame.

I appreciate Streeting's interventions while not entirely trusting him. But I'd still rather see him as Minister for Health than just about anyone else in the (now dissolved) shadow cabinet.

As for Starmer - whenever I get really annoyed with him, I remind myself that the two other contestants in the final round of the leadership election were Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy. While I don't think that means he should be let off the hook in any way, I do believe things could have gone a lot worse.

I really have grown to like Streeting. He doesn’t shy away from saying he was wrong about women’s rights. I hope he doesn’t let us down.

I am willing to believe that Wes Streeting has come to genuinely understand the issues, iirc he’s engaged with quite a few small GC orgs working in various policy areas (Gay Men’s Network, Safe Schools Alliance?)

I hope so. But even if he is doing it for the most cynical of reasons - namely that he thinks it's a vote winner - that in its own way is encouraging, in the sense that he thinks popular sentiment is pro-women's rights. (And this is borne out by opinion polls, of course.)

Yes I agree and thank god for that. Starmer though...🙄