Tempers have frayed and passions run high Wednesday as the costly and lengthy Chilcot Inquiry Iraq War report is finally published.
One Labour MP reportedly shouted for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to sit down and shut up as a debate in the House of Commons got underway. The Iraq War cost millions and resulted in British military deaths and the deaths of tens of thousands of Iraqis. Jeremy Corbyn was an active anti Iraq War campaigner and today is vindicated. The same cannot be said for many in the House of Commons now or then, in 2003. If you witnessed @IanAustinMP heckle Jeremy and are upset with his manner please report him to [email protected] Arrogant Austin tweeted the above also. Below is our brief email sent today: Dear Rosie, My husband and myself are both retired, live in Hull, voted for Andy Burnham last year but support Jeremy Corbyn as party leader. We are not members of Progress, Momentum or any other group and we have pushed the case for voting Labour for many years to friends, colleagues and family. We have been increasingly angry and appalled at the treatment of Mr Corbyn before he was elected as party leader once his name was on the ballot to the recent bullying and harassment toward him. We have watched angrily as members of the PLP worked to umdermine Corbyn and humiliate him from day one. Today MP Ian Austin highlighted all that is rotten in British politics and the Labour Party. Mr Corbyn may have been a backbench dissenter previously but he was never as childish, disrespectful, antagonistic, out of touch and self serving as Austin and some others. I hope I will get a reply to this email. I wrote to Alan Johnson almost a fortnight ago asking that he support Corbyn and at time of writing still await a reply I expect that Mr Austin will face some form of reprimand. I have to say 43 years plus of voting Labour may be coming to an end unless the PLP supports party democracy, the leader Jeremy Corbyn and get their acts in order. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-told-to-sit-down-and-shut-up-in-commons-as-he-criticises-iraq-war-after-publication-of-a7122871.html
4 Comments
Andrew Thomas
6/7/2016 04:18:13 pm
Shut up and go away
Ed
6/7/2016 04:46:45 pm
Andrew Thomas you are a troll. And to the author of this piece, very well said indeed. I will spread the word
Dave Russell
6/7/2016 05:49:56 pm
Austin''s behaviour in Parliament on such a serious matter is a disgrace to the Labour Party. What must the families of those who have been killed and maimed be thinking about the Labour party standards, and disciplinary procedures.
Hannah
8/7/2016 11:12:27 pm
A very well worded email and standing for the real Labour Party. That Ian Austin should be thrown out. It is not the way of Labour Party and therefore he has not [lace there. He should join the Tories because they display manners like that at every PMQ which is sickening and repulsive. Surprising the Speaker does not reprimand them. Mrs Boothroyd would have never tolerate it for one minute Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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