Will the current leadership be embarrassed or pay any heed to this? Probably not, but they should:
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Just wanted to point out re Neil Coyle (Southwark & Bermondsey) in that list of 10 racist or antisemitic Labour MPs seemed to be on his way out.
His particular vice seemed to be sinophobia and gross Russell Brand style sexism brought on by drink - and he was suspended by the House for 5 days.
from Wikipedia:
In early February 2022, Coyle was accused of making
Sinophobic remarks on 1 February to Henry Dyer, a political reporter of
British-Chinese origin.
[38] It was reported Coyle said to Dyer that he could tell "from how you look like you've been giving
renminbi to
Barry Gardiner", following the latter's
receiving funds from an agent of the Chinese state. According to Dyer, while discussing Gardiner, Coyle also said he had been funded by "
Fu Manchu".
[36] Consequently, on 11 February, Coyle had the Labour
whip suspended pending an investigation and was banned from all bars on the
Westminster estate.
[25][26]
Dyer claimed Coyle refused to apologise when he confronted him, with Coyle asking him, "if it was just the case that [Dyer] was being over-sensitive".
[39] After the incident was made public and reported to the Speaker of the House, Coyle apologised
[40] for his "insensitive comments" and said he would be cooperating with the investigation. Coyle faced calls to resign.
[41]
In July 2022, Coyle claimed he drank a lot because working as a MP is stressful.
[42]
In March 2023, Coyle was found to have breached Parliament's bullying and harassment policy and was suspended from the Commons for five days.
[43] Coyle had the Labour whip withdrawn since February 2022, and Labour faces a decision over whether to lift the suspension or not.
[44]
Sexual harassment[
edit]
In March 2023, it was revealed that Coyle had a sexual harassment complaint upheld against him as a Labour MP.
[45] Coyle made derogatory remarks about the partner of a young woman and asked her if she was "going back with me or him tonight then?"
[46]
Curiously his particular offence of Sinophobia - accusing Tory researcher Henry Dyer of being funded by Fu Manchu -
could actually be true, figuratively.
The man, who was arrested in March in Edinburgh, has said he is ‘completely innocent’
www.theguardian.com
Was Coyle just being a drunken racist lout - or was he on the button? Maybe he might be spared to fight the next election?
