Well Done Rosie Duffield

LizzieDrip

whitstableviews.com/2024/06/15/the-winds-of-electoral-change/

Very interesting article about Duffield from the area she represents - the people who actually know her as their MP. It was written in June 2024 so it’s not ‘sour grapes’ about her resignation.

Shines a different light on the ‘holier than though’ Ms Duffield!

I think of we are being urged to actually read Duffield's letter we could equally be urged to read LizzieDrip's article!

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RD’s letter

whitstableviews.com/2024/06/15/the-winds-of-electoral-change/

Very interesting article about Duffield from the area she represents - the people who actually know her as their MP. It was written in June 2024 so it’s not ‘sour grapes’ about her resignation.

Shines a different light on the ‘holier than though’ Ms Duffield!

No it's pointless to you. That's different to it being pointless.

Cossy

Anniebach

Is it honourable to stand as a Labour Party candidate then resign as a Labour Party MP less than 3 months later ?,

Not in my opinion!

Nor mine. She knew her party very well having been an MP since 2017. It's good to have different views within a party (I'm sure the new Conservative Party leader will face that too, it's always the case in Parties). A resignation much further down the line after the Labour Party have tired to put more policies into action is another matter - we haven't even had the first budget.

At last someone , who really sticks to their principles .
Well done , Rosie .

Anniebach

Is it honourable to stand as a Labour Party candidate then resign as a Labour Party MP less than 3 months later ?,

Kinda handy , the timing.

The thread like so many is pointless.

It's a news story and we are commenting on it, many of us have 'followed' Rosie Duffield for a very long time. I dont know if thats fulfilling a need but it is why I commented on it.

Anniebach

This thread is pointless, it’s just feeding a need ,

How do you mean?

Cossy yes the country is in a mess and KS has been handed a poison chalice but he is not endearing himself to the people by accepting freebies when many are struggling. The fact that he wouldn't say what a woman is speaks volumes too.

AGAA4

I saw RD speaking on LK and not surprised she has resigned. She talked about the freebies and the lads culture in the LP. It seems not much support for women's rights from the "lads". KS and his group are showing themselves to be lacking in ethics.

Do you really believe this? Or, as she has long standing issues a she “using” women’s rights to cross over?

Starmer does have a fair amount of women in his cabinet. I’ve never seen any evidence that he is sexist.

Yes, the personal donations were undoubtably “sleazy”, the clothes etc but not the property loan. No, I don’t agree at all with the way the WFA has been instigated.

Interesting though, almost no one on here seems to be able to acknowledge
that this country is a mess and the PM role is a poison chalice, nor to mention any of the positive measures the LP has and is putting in place

Cossy- & government before that! Who took us into a war we did not need to be in, on the bases of lies

RD stood as a Labour candidate on the manifesto but the manifesto did not say WFA would be taken from pensioners - Starmer ratted on the electors and RD is honourable in calling him out. I respect her. But the freebies are a drop in the ocean compared with Tory sleaze and the real issues facing the UK - the broken NHS and the cost of living.

I saw RD speaking on LK and not surprised she has resigned. She talked about the freebies and the lads culture in the LP. It seems not much support for women's rights from the "lads". KS and his group are showing themselves to be lacking in ethics.

Anniebach

Is it honourable to stand as a Labour Party candidate then resign as a Labour Party MP less than 3 months later ?,

Not in my opinion!

Cossy well get the rules changed.

ronib

Cossy yes it’s possible to be in government for 14 years with multiple changes of pm - bring it on.

All I can say is some here have very short memories. The very same people who accuse some of support Starmer at all costs, which simply isn’t true.

It’s not great to have 5 PMs within 14 years, especially without GEs

Anniebach again I have not understood your antipathy to RD. Please explain.

ronib

Iam64 It’s okay for Rebecca Long Bailey to stay on as a mp? No bye election trigger request for her?
KS is the problem- he needs to be recalled. Then the LP can move forward.

No one has said that. In common with others, I think a by election should be called each and every time an MP crossed the floor or “defects” from their elected party.

Cossy yes it’s possible to be in government for 14 years with multiple changes of pm - bring it on.

This thread is pointless, it’s just feeding a need ,

Spinnaker

Let's hope this is just the beginning of his downfall 🤞

Really? You think this would be good for the country? Look at how unstable we became when this kept happening within the last govt

GG13 agree. RD is amazing.
Why are you thinking that the current government has any convictions? Apart from speeding tickets etc?

I have just seen RD on Laura Kuesnberg,
she is an absolute hero in my eyes.

If only MP’s from all parties were to be so true to their convictions.

Anniebach

Is it honourable to stand as a Labour Party candidate then resign as a Labour Party MP less than 3 months later ?,

Yes it is, KS has gone back on every promise he has made, he chops & changes his mind, like he changes his very expensive boxer shorts!
We should have known what was coming, when he couldn’t describe what a woman is/ can a woman have a penis?
God help us woman.