Michael Cashman

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Will losing the whip hurt him in any way? Will he just get it back for apologising? I'm so fed up of lefty progressive men getting away with abusing women.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722yx482xno

'Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer told reporters the comment was "particularly inappropriate" and the whip was withdrawn "very swiftly".
This means Lord Cashman will sit as a crossbench peer in the House of Lords, without a party affiliation.'

Yes I know what happened. But will losing the whip matter to him? It hurts MPs for eg they may not be able to stand at next election but what does that matter to a life peer?

Wouldn't be surprised if he joins the Lib Dems or Greens.

What did he tweet? I can't find it

He tweeted that Rosie Duffield was 'Frit or lazy' because she didn't go to hustings for reasons of her own security. On the anniversary of Jo Cox's murder.

Did Starmer actually say Rosie Duffield's name or was that a bridge too far...

I read about this , please can someone tell me what 'frit'means ?

Crossbenchers are peers who either had no party affiliation when they were enobled or who have resigned their party whip without joining another party. Peers who lose the whip are unaffiliated.

It's just slang for "frightened".

Thankyou @Underthinker (I can't just do the thank thing as I use the crappy app).

The contempt that men hold for women never fails to take my breath away.

I know, NAMALT. But enough of them fucking are, and here’s another fucker. It’s so tiring.

It presumably means he.won't have a role in the incoming labour government. But I doubt that was going to happen anyway.

It should mean he will lose the benefits of a party affiliation. Things like access to support, research, press support and other parts of a political machine.

He’s vile. Hope he’s out of Labour for good

Last time I looked he was Barry’s boyfriend in Eastenders 🤷🏼‍♀️

Tell the Beeb!

Colin from Eastenders would've thought Michael Cashman was a dick

What! The BBC gets the structure of the second chamber of UK legislation wrong. I don't believe it. Have they checked with BBC Verify?

I would rather read the Dorset Echo for a clear understanding of constitutional affairs.

And he’d have been right.

In a word.

No.

He's a peer. It makes fuck all difference other than who might want to eat lunch with him

Cashman is very much on the right of the Labour Party I think. But then so is Rosie Duffield. This is definitely not a Left/Right issue. Cashman might be doing KS a favour. He gets to look more even handed , although he is probably gutted at having to suspend his fellow Blairite.

'Frit' is a dialect word for 'frightened' but it has particular connotations in a political sense, as Margaret Thatcher famously used it in an exchange with Denis Healey, in which she accused him of being 'frit' of a possible general election. It gets bandied about now and again, with the ghost of MT looming in the background.

Oh so Cashman channeling his inner Tory @wry .

Of course if he had criticised Rosie at any time other than in the middle of an election campaign Kier would have done nothing.

It's a telling choice of words, ime. I think he's implying she's trying to avoid politically awkward exchanges or challenges on her position but it ignores the reality that death threats are, well, pretty frightening for the recipient.

I don't know if Michael Cashman would go as far as to say he doesn't believe she's had death threats but...