Rosie Duffield and threats

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She's pulled out of local hustings because it's not safe for her to attend.

But Don't worry.

Keir Starmer will be along to offer his support to Rosie and condemn these attacks on democracy soon...

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.

What a callous, spiteful post by Cashman.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

He seems nice...

And another Labour councillor geeing rhys on

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

Thanks I've complained about both.

Seems to be open season on Rosie now.

Well done Keir slow handicap

In any other area of employment this would be seen as attempting constructive dismissal.

Bloody hell, this is diabolical. What a pack of cowardly bastards these people are.
Labour can get to fuck. 😡

When you think, as well, that a big part of Starmer's pitch since he's been Leader is "the Party is under new management now, we're not like those other guys".

Yes - words are cheap from Starmer it seems.

Starmer’s not sticking up for Rosie because the people laying into her are absolutely following his lead. He doesn’t want it to stop - I imagine it would all be far more convenient for him if she didn’t get elected, and with the predicted landslide, he can afford to lose that seat.

For Starmer, this isn’t an uncomfortable sideshow, it’s the obvious and welcome result of his TWAW stance

edited to add: Starmer is clearly trying to tread a line so that a group of voters believe that he supports them, even though he doesn’t. I think that group is anyone who cares about women’s rights

It makes you wonder if the Labour Party in fact wants her to lose so that they can turn round and say, look all other Labour candidates did really well. She must of lost because she is a transphobe.

Worrying.

They should realise, they're not just talking to the Brighton electorate, they're talking to the whole country.

They're a fucking disgrace.

This!!

A million times over! Surely advisors must read mumsnet?

They know they need to convince women to vote for them so you’d think they’d be checking in from time to time!

Yes, and Canterbury very much is not Brighton, no matter what the local Labour Party loons think.
Canterbury students and Whitstable DFLs are not representative of the local older, settled, voting population.

Labour claim they want to reduce VAWG by 50%; well, they could make a very easy start on that aim by standing up for Rosie Duffield and any other female MPs receiving violent threats.