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💥Lee Anderson suspended
A spokesperson for Chief Whip Simon Hart said:
"Following his refusal to apologise for comments made yesterday, the Chief Whip has suspended the Conservative whip from Lee Anderson MP."
To re-cap last night; The SNP ambushed Labour, who blackmailed the speaker, who broke the rules, which saved Keir’s blushes, which gave the Tories the excuse to pretend to be angry so they could withdraw and not lose the vote, and the SNP were angry their plot failed, so neither put party politics aside to vote for a ceasefire they claim to want, meaning parliament’s a mess but not as much of a mess as Gaza, which last night’s events did nothing to help
Apart from being an appalling thing to say (the use of “unsophisticated” & “sophisticated” is particularly loathsome), this is the mirror image of the *Labour is owned by Israel* guff we get from the far left. It’s just utter rubbish.
Really devastating to hear the loss of a broadcasting icon in Steve Wright. A radio voice to entertain you in the afternoon on Radio 2 and our Sunday mornings with love songs will never be the same again. RIP
Even pensioners give Labour a lead now. Polling do far this year has been pretty extraordinary. By this point in 2009-10 and 1996-7 polls were starting to tighten. Now Lab lead is if anything widening
Labour is taking flak for ditching its £28bn green investment policy, but they didn’t want to go into an election on a promise they couldn’t possibly deliver. ‘What’s wrong with that?’ said a bemused Nick Clegg (and every other politician ever)