SHOCK: Labour's giant Unite union (1.2M members) plots shock split - £1.4M/year funding slashed, Starmer's left flank in flames!
-> Is this the end of the affair?
#LabourSplit #UniteRevolt #UKPolitics #StarmerCrisis #UniteTheUnion
13 Labour MPs write to #RachelReeves: Ditch council tax!
-> It's stuck in 1991 while London homes exploded 500%+.
-> Fix the £30bn black hole with fair reform - B4 the Budget bites!
#CouncilTaxReform #ReevesBudget #UKHousingCrisis #LabourSplit
Labour MPs are divided over welfare cuts. Is Starmer’s leadership uniting or fracturing the party? 🧐 #LabourSplit #WelfareCuts #Starmer
Minnie and @MrsDelevan are eager to find out who is next to escape Brexit Island #TorySplit #LabourSplit #ChangePolitics
It's hardly a @labour 'split' more like a small 'slice' of just 3% of their MPs #LabourSplit
Last roll of the dice for king splinter Chuka Ummuna before he loses his seat altogether and has to rely solely on Price Waterhouse to feather his nest. #LabourSplit #Insignificant7
OLD NEWS FLASH! Chuka Umunna dropped his integrity years ago, thinks it may have rolled under the sofa. #Insignificant7 #LabourSplit
BREAKING NEWS! Insignificant Seven hires Satan as speech-writer. "We are a broad church," cries de-facto king splinter Chuka Umunna. #Insignificant7 #LabourSplit
How dare these MPs who support Zionism (racism), accuse an anti-racist campaigner like Jeremy Corbyn of antisemitism (racism).
The way these racists have weaponised antisemitism is disgusting, and the Labour Party is better off without them.
#LabourSplit
Sigh ... because the centralisation of politics which ignores the disenfranchisement of the poorest off in society who are living through a time when they see their living standards going down has worked out soooooo well for Macron in France hasn't it? #LabourSplit
Love it! The website we have all been waiting for. Not! #LabourSplit http://independentgroup.online
Let's answer Chuka Umunna's call for public support for his new non-party by each donating an extra pound to Labour today - we'll call it Corbyn's Quid and show them where our allegiance lies! #CorbynQuid #LabourSplit #GTTO #JC4PM
Let's all show the splinter group what we think of them by today donating just £1 extra to Labour. #LabourSplit #CorbynQuid
Chuka Umunna sees no irony in appealing 'those who would say we are doomed to be saddled with the same old politics' and who are 'sick and tired of politics as usual,' as he tries to resurrect Blairite Labour and destroy the Corbyn counterbalance. #LabourSplit #Insignificant7
Quite the open mic moment here w #LabourSplit. "Between this and Brexit we're fucked." www.youtube.com/watch
The Insignificant Seven 'launched' a... non-party! Oh, the irony! And they say Labour lacks leadership! Who did they float this idea with, because I'm not sure it holds water? #InspiresNoConfidence #TheySinkBeforeTheySwim #LabourSplit #JC4PM
Gavin Shuker wants donations. He is directing people to their website (they are really proud of the website). They want to 'build a new political movement' but have no values, no money, no chance and, hilariously, no website. http://independent.group #Insignificant7 #LabourSplit
If you are going to resign the Labour Party whip, maybe get a decent sysadmin to run your website? http://www.theindependent.group #LabourSplit
I'm not sure what I think about the #LabourSplit ... does it weaken Labour more to have 7 MPs inside, or outside disrupting things? ... it definitely strengthens the Tories
At least Douglas Carswell had the decency to call a by-election when he defected from the Tories to UKIP.
We stand with Corbyn! Nothing has changed - this man is the best thing to happen to British politics in my life time (50 years) and I will do all I can to see him in office as the Prime Minister we need and deserve! #JC4PM #LabourSplit
In conclusion - there are reasonable criticisms of current Labour in the things the #LabourSplit MPs have said. Labour has to take them on board. There are also plenty of whining people who are worthy of ridicule and criticism. It's not black and white. It's not easy.
I feel certain that the 'moral integrity' espoused by the insignificant seven will ensure by-elections follow quickly. After all, it is vital that The People get to vote! #LabourSplit #Insignificant7
Despite my criticism of the #LabourSplit MPs, I'm going to be a little more nuanced now:
I do believe that people should be able to leave work environments where they're being bullied and harassed. It is entirely reasonable for people to leave when they are experiencing bigotry.
Finally an honest assessment from Chuka Umunna: 'We have exhausted our ability.' #LabourSplit
Chuka Umunna is inviting 'everyone in Parliament to join' his new independent group. Let that sink in for a moment. He will take anyone, whatever their politics. They preach about moral integrity, pride and honour but have no values at all. #LabourSplit
Angela Smith claims she had to work 'two, three, four times as hard' as other people to get where she is today because she grew up in a council house. I'd love to see her try & do my job as a teacher in a London comprehensive & then tell me she works 4 times as hard! #LabourSplit
Gavin Shuker: this is 'my first and only job in politics.' It will be your last job in politics too. #LabourSplit
Chuka Umunna just 'joked' that 'Luciana will discipline me' if he got the website name wrong. Sounds a bit like a sexist trope to me. #LabourSplit
Chuka Umunna: 'We invite you to leave your parties, we don't have all the answers, we don't have the big money or infrastructure of the big parties, we're asking you to help...' Don't have a lot do you Chuka. #LabourSplit
