New, New New Labour MP, Christian Wakeford .

[SamBally]

Attended lockdown parties with his tory colleagues, including vommiting tequila at one of them. Described Labour a "bunch of c*nts", has a history of racist bigotry against gypsies and travellers and has consistently voted for cuts to disabled and welfare benefits and foreign aid, despite an election promise that he wouldn't.

More recently supported water companies pumping human excrement into our rivers and byeways and voted against support for tenants with fireproof cladding issues. Voted against measures to reduce tax avoidance and voted not to increase spending on public services after 12 years of austerity.

Just the calibre of MP required for right-wing New New Labour to win the next general election.

Just don't mention it to CLP left-wing labour members who are disgusted sh*t like Wakeford is now washing up on Labour's shores. Wakeford who supported a backbench bill in 2020 that called for any MP who switches parties to face a recall petition has stated in this particular instance he doesn't need to because he is a "centrist" whatever that means?

How dare the voters of Bury South demand a candidate of their choice, to run as their Labour voice.

Welcome to Starmtroopers New New Labour.



Labour MP Charlotte Nichols has tweeted her delight at the defection from to Labour of (now former) Tory MP Christian Wakeford, after the Labour party posted its welcome online.

10 days after she stated "any MP who switched party should call a by-election to see whether voters wanted to retain them."

 

[LadyOnArooftop]

Clearly there are some MP's who don't know which party (political!) they should be in... Nothing should surprise one in politics, but a treacherous act like that was quite staggering. If I were Labour I wouldn't want a turncoat who could quite easily flip again. The people of Bury voted in a Conservative MP, they now have a Labour MP. This isn't how democracy is supposed to work.

 

[SamBally]

100% agree. Apparently Wakeford and Nichols and choosing my language extremely carefully, are part of the same 'clique' of careerist politicians who have infested British politics. Both claim to wear the "centrist" badge and which gives the impression only their brand of politics is reasonable and anything left (or right) of that is extreme. I am struggling to recall a Labour MP in more recent times as right wing as Wakeford and which does not bode well for the future direction of the party. But then I did a little bit of research into Nichols herself who is unfamiliar to me, they both got pissed on a freebie to Malta, share the same group of friends` and are not all that different from a political viewpoint.

 

[SamBally]

Christian Wakeford​

Consistently voted for a stricter asylum and immigration system
Consistently voted against measures to prevent climate change
Consistently voted against measures to reduce tax avoidance
Consistently voted against more EU integration

Sir Starmtrooper (lies to get elected labour leader) but still at odds with the welcome he gave to the tory scab.

An immigration and asylum system based on compassion and dignity. End indefinite detention and call for the closure of centres such as Yarl’s Wood.

Put the Green New Deal at the heart of everything we do. There is no issue more important to our future than the climate emergency. A Clean Air Act to tackle pollution locally. Demand international action on climate rights.

Sir Keir announced his intention to clamp down on tax avoidance, particularly by large corporations such as Amazon and Virgin, and to reverse cuts in corporation tax.

Full voting rights for EU nationals. Defend free movement as we leave the EU.

 

[TwoWhalesInAPool]

 

[TwoWhalesInAPool]

Will Wraggs' damning warning to No. 10 from 1 hour ago.​

Downing Street and members of the Government intimidate Tory MP's.

“In recent days a number of Members of Parliament have faced pressures and intimidation from members of the Government because of their declared or assumed desire for a vote of confidence in the party leadership of the Prime Minister. It is of course the duty of the whips’ office to secure the Government business in the house of commons.

However, it is not their function to breach the ministerial code in threatening to withdraw investments from Members of Parliaments’ constituencies which are funded from the public purse.

Additionally, reports to me and others of members of staff at Number 10 Downing Street, special advisers, Government ministers and others encouraging the publication of stories in the press seeking to embarrass those who suspect lack in confidence in the Prime Minister is similarly unacceptable.

The intimidation of a member of Parliament is a serious matter. Moreover, reports of which I’m aware would seem to constitute blackmail. As such it would be my general advice to colleagues to report such matters to the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. They’re also welcome to contact me at any time.”

 

[LadyOnArooftop]

I'm wondering if he defected to Labour, thinking it would give him a better chance of holding his seat at the next election? Before then, I hope
the local Labour party deselect him, how funny would that be

 

[SamBally]

Tory turncoat Christian Wakeford was branded 'Christian Wineford' over his drinking. He is allegedly pictured at a house party in Manchester in June last year.

Picture on Mail Site

 

[Saphire]

Defecting to the other party....it's been likened to an act of treason locally.

But I don't see how anyone who has supported one way of running the country can seriously swap over to another side, who has a totally different way of running the country. He is now representing a party who have never voted him in...very undemocratic.
Maybe he should have just resigned.

 

[SamBally]

I'm wondering if he defected to Labour, thinking it would give him a better chance of holding his seat at the next election? Before then, I hope
the local Labour party deselect him, how funny would that be

Local CLPs, often the left of the party, have been mostly silenced and sidelined under Starmer. Rules changed or ignored, candidates parachuted in from other areas without discussion with local CLPs and expulsions have resulted when CLP members have complained or held motions against his regime. Hundreds of CLPs have voted to show solidarity with Corbyn and been sidelined as a result. That's without even getting into the corruption and gerrymandering at the NEC.

Well over a 100 CLPs have voted no confidence in Starmer and scores more banned from voting.

Estimates suggest membership has decreased by 300,000 the party is close to bankrupsy and 10,000s of members have been expelled.

We don't know how many because party records were conveniently hacked and the firm hired by Starmer to protect the data turned out to be complete cowboys.

 

[TwoWhalesInAPool]

Christian Wakeford is welcome in the Labour Party, but Jeremy Corbyn isn’t? Sh.it me, they’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

Jeremy Corbyn didn't vote to allow water companies to dump raw sewage in Britain's rivers and seas, after Brexit. Christian Wakeford did. Guess which one is welcome in the Labour party.

New Labour MP Christian Wakeford voted in favour of a stricter asylum system & taking away the right to protest, voted against measures to prevent climate change & tax avoidance & abstained on the vote to extend free school meals. What does that say about the Labour Party now?

From Young Labour
Christian Wakeford MP should not be admitted to the Labour Party. He has consistently voted against the interests of working-class people; for the £20 universal credit cut, for the Nationality and Borders Bill and for the Police and Crime Bill. Young Labour does not welcome him.

Christian Wakeford himself co-sponsored a bill mandating by-elections for MPs who change party affiliation. The Labour Party must uphold Bury South members’ right to choose their own Labour candidate and constituents should be able to reassess their MP.

Tory MP, Christian Wakeford, has defected to the Labour party. He voted for the Elections Bill, the Welfare Cap, the NHS privatisation bill, the Nationality and Borders Bill, the PCC bill and the list goes on.

Bury South Labour Party
19 Jan 2021
Our MP was elected to represent our town and our people. Yesterday, Christian Wakeford let down the people claiming Universal Credit. That's a cut of £1000 per year for 17000 families across Bury.

 

[SamBally]

100% agree. If you google it you will see that even Young Labour have been sidelined under Starmer, false accusations made against the democratically elected leader and this group are the bloody future of Labour for Christ's sake, they made the mistake of course of publicly declaring support and solidarity for Palestine and which the hard-right Jewish lobby want to be included in the EHRC defination of antisemitism.

The Forde Report is due but heavily redacted and why oh why did Corbyn do the right thing honour wise and try and embrace a "broad church" that does not exist. Corbyn should have been as ruthless as these right-wing scumbags.