• janguv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    As much as I thought her original comments were disappointingly wrongheaded, or at the very least poorly put, she’s right about the procedural issues with this investigation. It stands as yet another example of the Starmer project’s chief goal: to purge the party of its left.

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      Or maybe to purge the party of tone deaf divisive candidates? 🤷

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        Ah yes, divisive candidates who’ve held their seats in successive elections for how long now? If you think the purge is anything other than bitter factionalism – by this point – you are sorely mistaken.

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          divisive candidates who’ve held their seats in successive elections for how long now?

          Holding a seat for a long time is not mutually exclusive with being divisive. Maggie Thatcher held a seat for a long time and she was a cunt. 🤣

          She’s divisive to the current election chances of Labour because of her blasé attitude towards the Jewish community and her support of Corbyn. Both of which are going to hurt Labour if left in place.

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            Holding a seat for a long time is not mutually exclusive with being divisive. Maggie Thatcher held a seat for a long time and she was a cunt. 🤣

            Difference being that Thatcher divided the overall electorate enough in her favour to win elections. Her being divisive in that sense is not really comparable. Moreover, those voting for parties at GEs either do so because they lean towards the Prime Minister candidate or the constituency candidate. We know that Abbott didn’t divide her constituency significantly, and you’re having a laugh if you think the rest of the electorate cares about Abbott’s stance on anything, let alone her relation to Corbyn, who himself would not be particularly electorally toxic at this moment.

            She’s divisive to the current election chances of Labour because of her blasé attitude towards the Jewish community and her support of Corbyn. Both of which are going to hurt Labour if left in place.

            Interesting use of the word “divisive”. Labour will win the next election, despite themselves, and whether or not Abbott runs in Hackney. And they will do so because the Tories have had a series of collapses and scandals; the public is absolutely sick of them.

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        Ah okay, what Stamer’s leadership is doing is underhanded and an abuse of power, but at least they’re doing it for the ‘right reasons’.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington said the HQ would report to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, “who almost immediately pronounced my guilt publicly”.

    Senior Labour figures had suggested privately that one solution to the stand-off would be to restore the whip in return for an undertaking by Ms Abbott to stand down at the next election.

    Her statement suggests that no such deal was struck, though Labour sources insist that, despite her criticisms, they have not ruled out restoring the whip and the investigation was continuing.

    Ms Abbott, who is on the left of the party and a staunch supporter of former leader Jeremy Corbyn, claimed “others have committed far more grave offences, and belated or grudging apologies have been wrung from them”.

    Her suspension came after she wrote in a letter to the Observer newspaper that Irish, Jewish and Traveller people “undoubtedly experience prejudice”, which she said is “similar to racism”.

    Ms Abbott, who has been an MP since 1987 and was the first black woman elected to Parliament, served as shadow home secretary in Mr Corbyn’s cabinet between 2016 to 2020.


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