Thread 8 Starmer : Cat fur on new clothes

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I agree with that @SerendipityJane , no matter which party they are stepping down from. Also applies to switching parties if I’m honest. It should be Step Down, By-Election imo.

Ha, we definitely do . But MN not the place to discuss it.

I’m not on Twitter and, the odd “look at this thread!” Thread on here aside, I’m glad. I was on it for a while but ffffffffffft….brainfuzz…….nastiness . I’m not on it like I wouldn’t be on 4Chan.

I got the impression that many of her constitutions feel she isn't interested in them. But , they still voted her in at the election, I guess.

Exactly. I criticised the Tories enough when they left the party and didn’t resign as an MP and she’s no different.

Be a test of her dedication, competence at local level and mettle to see if they vote her in again as an Independent. Which will be interesting.

Absolutely agree @SerendipityJane. I weighed and stacked, folded and delivered leaflets for my Lab MP. Presumably Rosie Duffield’s party members did the same. I’d feel so betrayed.

I agree that any MP who resigns the party the were elected for should result in a by-election. It feels a bit like she was waiting for the best/worst time to do this.

Yes, the timing is certainly interesting.

If she stands down and then stands as an independent, I can see her being re elected as a fuck you to the government. 'Twas ever thus.

I really don't think so. She's no Diane Abbott.

I don’t either. Jonathan Ashworth is looking for a seat, call a by election and make her put her money where her mouth is.

The LDs will be eyeing the seat for sure.

Not happening. The Greens did better than the LDs in Canterbury.

Did they? Goodness.

It's all very odd and doesn't ring true.

Maybe to stir things up again once it was all beginning to settle down?

Already two frotha-thons going strong - one with added 'where are they'

Duffield abstained on the WFA vote

So she wasn’t prepared to put her money where her mouth is now just two months ago? Really, who’s the hypocrite?

They could just c&p their posts from all the other threads rather than start yet another one

Is all this frothing to deflect from the upcoming Tory conference?

Very likely

Cleverley tried to persuade 200 asylum seekers to accept £150,000 packages to voluntarily move to Rwanda, wonder if that will come up during his leadership bid speech

Exactly! Why if she was to resign the whip wouldn't she just have voted against the party.
I honestly don't think she looks good at all, that resignation letter was very personal about KS as leader... yet she stood for that party a few months ago knowing who he was. I guess it is hard to lose that kind of wage.

Speaking of Cleverly I have a huge amount of his ads on my SM feeds in the last couple of days.

Something is def going on because the froth has gone up a gear

I've been wondering if it's related to the US election - I noticed that Harris was using similar messaging to Starmer.

Or Putin kicking off about Lammys speech/labour having a more critical foreign policy

Or Musk stirring the pot because of the online harms bill

Or all of the above

Duffield has her article in The Times already. Colour me surprised.