[Crabcakes]

Apparently Wakeford defecting has made some of the Tories so annoyed, they're going to prop up Johnson out of spite.

Marvellous. If nothing else, the defection might have prevented an earlier ousting and allowed for things to get even worse for them

EDIT: Wakeford, not Wakefield. FFS!

[Nigredo]

From an unknown Twitterati:

Labour working hard to throw a protective arm around defector Christian Wakeford, including finding him a new Commons office. When asked who his current office neighbour is, Wakeford said 'Richard Burgon'. To which a Labour wag replied: "We'll definitely find you a new office."

[Nigredo]

From a known Twitterati:

[Cyclist]

At this rate Labour are going to end up with a majority in the House without the bother of a GE.

[davidjay]

Apparently Wakeford defecting has made some of the Corbynistas so annoyed, they're going to prop up Johnson out of spite.

Marvellous. If nothing else, the defection might have prevented an earlier ousting and allowed for things to get even worse for them

EDIT: Wakeford, not Wakefield. FFS!

Fixed.

[The Weeping Angel]

Jess Bernard isn't happy.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/01/25/as-a-lab ... XTnqwrCFI4

Despite his record and suspicion of his motivations – which he says were a result of Boris Johnson and the Tory Party being incapable of offering the leadership the country deserves – Wakeford was welcomed by Keir Starmer and many other Labour MPs with open arms.

Labour’s newest MP reportedly met personally with Starmer on Monday, a luxury that serving MP Zarah Sultana says she has never had.

It feels like we the membership and our preferred representatives are being sidelined and our voices silenced.

While the leadership celebrated and it made the Tories look a little silly, thousands of Labour members were devastated that someone who has spent at least a decade in favour of harmful policies – such as abstaining on a vote to cancel cuts to Universal Credit and voting to allow water companies to dump sewage into rivers and seas – would be gifted a Labour membership and national platform.

It emerged that Wakeford had spent his time insulting Labour members allegedly referring to us as a ‘bunch of c***s’ in his Conservative WhatsApp chats.

My Dad said to me only in the Labour Party could people look a gift horse in the mouth and decide to stick their head up their arse.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Why would Starmer want to debrief an MP who'd just come across from the Tories? It's a proper mystery.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Howard does actuarial science.

[The Weeping Angel]

Why would Starmer want to debrief an MP who'd just come across from the Tories? It's a proper mystery.

He should instead be having a one to one meeting with Zarah Sultana.

[Tubby Isaacs]

How many MPs get personal meetings with the leader? Have any of the MPs they don't like had one?

[BBN]

What is it about anyone who puts anything on Twitter who isn't in a position of extreme power putting "now" at the end of their tweet who sounds like a fucking toddler?

What do they think it'll achieve? "Ooh well we were going to consider it for inclusion in the manifesto then introduce legislation which would mean maybe in around 5 years time it would work, but Howard Beckett has tweeted so we must do it without any of those things."

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Laura Pidcock has reportedly resigned from the NEC.

Excellent.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Labour are "devoid of ideas", apparently. Like "here's some free stuff, paid for by someone else".

[The Weeping Angel]

Labour are "devoid of ideas", apparently. Like "here's some free stuff, paid for by someone else".

Or stuff they've borrowed off Bernie Sanders.

[Boiler]

Is this why "Starmer Out" is trending on Twitter ATM?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Or stuff they've borrowed off Bernie Sanders.

They could do worse, to be honest.

[mattomac]

Don’t lie Rebecca Long Bailey worked 24 hours for several weeks to write that manifesto.

[Crabcakes]

Don’t lie Rebecca Long Bailey worked 24 hours for several weeks to write that manifesto.

Yes, but it was 24 non-consecutive hours spread over those weeks

[davidjay]

Dave Nellist's standing in the Erdington bye-election for the TUSC.

[Andy McDandy]

Dave Nellist's still alive?

Next you'll be telling me Alan Towers is back on Midlands Today.