Diane Abbott suspended as Labour MP.

[Pickman's model]

Labour denies Sir Keir Starmer promised peerages for MPs to step down to make space for his candidates

The Labour election campaign has been dominated by accusations of a purge of left-wing candidates, something Sir Keir Starmer has denied.

news.sky.com

Too late now...but that's what they should have done -seat in the Lords...the vetting committee is about blocking cash for honours type stuff not blocking someone whose had decades in the Commons being able to continue to offer the benefit of their experience. [Not a fan of D.A. but this is a shitshow]

So you are a fan of shammer

 

[Sasaferrato]

Well, either Abbott is lying or Cooper is lying, and I know which one I believe.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Well, either Abbott is lying or Cooper is lying, and I know which one I believe.

Yeah this is Abbott angling not an offer from Starmer…

 

[gosub]

Yeah this is Abbott angling not an offer from Starmer…

All looks tawdry at this point. ...is what should have happened beginning of the year

 

[Pickman's model]

Well, either Abbott is lying or Cooper is lying, and I know which one I believe.

((((Yvette))))

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Well, either Abbott is lying or Cooper is lying, and I know which one I believe.

or bearing in mind they are politicans, possibly both of them?

 

[ska invita]

Sounds like her mind is made up

 

[kenny g]

Diane appears to have done it.

 

[The39thStep]

Sounds like her mind is made up

I don't share the view that some posters do on here have that this is a blow to Labour's chances.

 

[hash tag]

Diane appears to have done it.

Yes

Diane Abbott says she wants to stand for Labour after row

The veteran politician says she intends to run for Labour at the election after a bitter selection row.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Sounds like her mind is made up

Wow, really surprised she didn’t go for the peerage…

 

[Louis MacNeice]

Wow, really surprised she didn’t go for the peerage…

Why? She will still get the peerage as the first ever black female mp. Threatening her was really poor politics from the supposed grown ups.

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[ska invita]

WTF even is a peerage? Sit in the house of lords and achieve fuck all. Its basically a care home

 

[planetgeli]

WTF even is a peerage? Sit in the house of lords and achieve fuck all. Its basically a care home

A very expensive one that we pay for.

 

[The39thStep]

WTF even is a peerage? Sit in the house of lords and achieve fuck all. Its basically a care home

It's the first care home where attendees can claim £360 a day expenses

 

[Serge Forward]

It's the first care home where attendees can claim £360 a day expenses

Don't they get a posh London gaff as well?

 

[The39thStep]

Don't they get a posh London gaff as well?

I wasn't offered one

 

[kebabking]

I don't share the view that some posters do on here have that this is a blow to Labour's chances.

For us Wanky Centrist Liberal Reformists, the scalp was always Corbyn. It genuinely doesn't matter if he wins his seat (I think he will, with a stonking majority), it was about getting him out of the party.

DA was simply never on the radar - firstly because of her genuine achievements and the regard with which she's (rightly) held by X proportion of the party, but secondly - and this isn't a complement - she's no longer a threat to anyone.

I think she's been really badly handled on both a personal level and on a skulduggery level - if you want rid, get rid, and don't blanch at the sight of blood in the water, but this shitty lawyer-speak prevarication and self-defeating media briefing has shown a real LMF by Starmer, and very low competence levels by the people he delegates this stuff to.

 

[Louis MacNeice]

It's the first care home where attendees can claim £360 a day expenses

My parents would love that deal!

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[Louis MacNeice]

For us Wanky Centrist Liberal Reformists, the scalp was always Corbyn.

Nice!

No cheers, not a funking one - Louis MacNeice

 

[The39thStep]

I agree with your last sentence however I wouldn't want to cloud it over as just some poor management skills by Starmer. Regarding Corbyn, the ironic thing about Corbyns expulsion and this being the final chapter is the fact that the Labour Party leadership will still be talking about him now he's gone. They can't get him out of their heads.

On another note, whilst I am delighted to hear of your recent self-appointment as spokesperson of the Wanky Centrist Liberal Reformists and I look forward to hearing about future plans, cunning or otherwise. I am however somewhat saddened about the split from the original Wanky Reformists led by A380 but that's politics for you.

 

[two sheds]

My parents would love that deal!

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

You have to be able to sit and listen to a load of boring fuckers giving boring and pointless fucking speeches fall asleep though.

 

[A380]

For us Wanky Centrist Liberal Reformists…

Splitter.

 

[Sue]

You have to be able to sit and listen to a load of boring fuckers giving boring and pointless fucking speeches fall asleep though.

I'm excellent at sleeping through boring shit.

 

[MickiQ]

I'm excellent at sleeping through boring shit.

I too feel I have a great deal to offer my country in this regard. I have nodded off in meetings that would have driven lesser men into fits of homicidal rage.
Since I will be an actual pensioner starting tomorrow, I'm sure I am ideally qualified to kip for the greater good.

 

[gosub]

WTF even is a peerage? Sit in the house of lords and achieve fuck all. Its basically a care home

They've had their moments last few years

 

[andysays]

The BBC seem to have added a couple of sentences to the two day old story.

Later on the same evening, Ms Abbott called Sir Keir a "liar" in response to his claim he had respect for her. However, she rapidly deleted the social media post.

I wonder why they've chosen to add it now, rather than including it earlier - possibly it's only just been brought to their attention.

Looks like someone somewhere wants to reignite the story...

 

[Pickman's model]

The BBC seem to have added a couple of sentences to the two day old story.



I wonder why they've chosen to add it now, rather than including it earlier - possibly it's only just been brought to their attention.

Looks like someone somewhere wants to reignite the story...

Reckon there's a spot of mileage in the story yet

 

[kebabking]

Reckon there's a spot of mileage in the story yet

It's like the Jeremy Kyle show - it's all personal beef.

It's been sufficiently badly handled that she'll end up getting suspended/whatever after the last point at which the party can substitute another candidate in her place.

Either get rid, or play nice. The party can't seem to do either, and it seems she can't restrain herself in the face of an opportunity to say nothing.

Goat rodeo.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Why? She will still get the peerage as the first ever black female mp. Threatening her was really poor politics from the supposed grown ups.

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

Eh? That’s not how peerages word…and she said outright she doesn’t want one which shuts down that for future…really not a smart way of dealing with things…