Sarah Champion

"Last night Corbyn thanked Champion for her work and pledged to continue to work with her.

“She has tendered her resignation and I’ve accepted that resignation. I thanked her for her work and I’m working with her in the future because she is totally committed to protecting vulnerable women and girls within our society… It was her choice [to go].” he told the BBC."

Doesn't sound like she was sacked.

but if she was not asked to resigned then why did she even think of going and tender her resignation?

Someone must have suggested that she should.

And that someone, whoever it is, could have shot themselves in the foot.

I am not emphasising I am missing the ^ ^

He would say that wouldn't he. She was sacked

She wasn't, Annie. She resigned because she realised that she had said something wrong.
It's called showing integrity.
I admire her for it. It doesn't mean she can't carry on doing what she was doing, just that she cannot be frontbench spokesperson for equalities.

She was sacked!! Of course she was!!

Sorry but she was sacked, or if you prefer asked/told to resign .

trisher, the point I'm labouring and clearly failing to make, is that many women have been scapegoated when they have persistently worked to support child victims and to ensure that their holistic needs are met. I've acknowledged the use of language was unfortunate but I remain disappointed that yet another woman is sidelined when her work in this area has been excellent.

Don't believe a word Corbyn says. He's spinning and tippy toeing around for fear of losing his potential votes. Or rather the boys in The Momentum back room are.
She may not have been pushed but she was definitely given a great big prod. It amounts to a sacking and not a resignation.
She has nothing to be ashamed of and nothing to apologise about.

Or GN had the chance to open up the debate but he chose to say all abuse is wrong, we KNOW that , getting the keys to No 10 is all he is concerned about , the MP admired for speaking out ?

The Sun thinks it's all about race. I don't go along with that.
That's why the Sun wanted to print her article.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/18/the-sun-child-abuse-race-not-help-victims-sarah-champion

I agree with this.

Of course she was pushed! What a disgrace to blame her and make sure she had to resign, when she was doing her best to bring this awful matter into the limelight, just so as not to 'offend' any sensibilities, but we all know the truth, and Corbyn uses weasel words.

No, you don't know she was pushed. That's just prejudice showing, not the truth.
The truth I believe is obviously different from the truth you believe.

It's what weasels do lemongrove

Sarah Champion was pushed out. The Labour Party are more interested in keeping the Muslim vote than in protecting vulnerable children. It was called "silence for votes" at the time of the Rotherham scandal.
Unless we acknowledge who the perpetrators are then we cannot determine the best way to stop this abuse happening.
David Blunkett (former Sheffield MP) & Denis McShane (former Rotherham MP) have both spoken out this week in favour of Sarah Champion and both have said that there is a problem within the Pakistani Muslim community that needs to be addressed.
Sarah Champion has received abuse from Labour activists but sweeping an inconvenient truth under the carpet does not stop it going away - it just allows the EDL types to lead on the debate.
Over the next few years there will be even more of these prosecutions.

A quiet word with this excellent woman and a public apology from her for omitting the word 'some' is all that was needed in this case, but as has been said Mr Corbyn cannot risk alienating his core supporters, so she had to go. Its a shame that this man has turned out to be as hypocritical, devious and self serving as any other politician you can name, but, however, not surprising!

True niggly, but what respect does he have for women if he can ditch a wife for not obeying his wishes

Oh dear, another thread taken over by AB's hatred of Corbyn. Never mind the truth if it makes a good insult hey.

As far as I'm aware no one knows what actually happened to Sarah Champion but many post as if they do. It's just sheer prejudice.

Well said GracesGran. I'm not sure what Jeremy Corbyn's divorce has to do with this subject either, or with anyone else at all for that matter. Divorce is a sad and entirely personal matter and the reasons for relationship breakdown are known only to the two parties involved. I prefer it to stay that way.

Anne Cryer, another excellent person that went the same way - coincidence?!!
annie sees JC for what he is as I did D.C, and G.O regrettably, no crime in that just plain old fashioned honesty!

AB hijacks every thread she can to put forward her hatred of Corybn.

Many forums ban this sort of posting. Threads go off topic and everyone accepts that but this is deliberate and constant - it is thread hijacking in every sense of the expression.

Thank you niggly, honesty is called hatred if it relates to Corbyn , so strange that my views on Cameron were critical and GG never referred to those views as hatred.

What's honest about saying he ditched his wife for not obeying his wishes?
It's just prejudice.

Read the OP gg - this is a speculative thread - "Did she jump or was she pushed? " No one is posting as if they've had a chat with Sarah and they know exactly what happened, people are just posting their opinion, exactly the same as you!