Dear All
One thing that Brexit did was smoke out some of the anti
democratic forces who are signed up to the European agenda. What is laughable
that is these people talk about protecting workers’ rights in an organisation
which is anti worker, pro cheap labour.
What these people are really supporting is freedom of
movement which erodes workers’s rights, wages, and conditions. If you think way
back, the objections to the EU first came from the left, the unions, but they
ended up keeping quiet.
When people split from the Labour Party and Conservative
Party at the time, I thought what a waste of time, and doomed to failure. The ‘rebels’
from both camps formed the group known as TIG. The Independent Group which then
changed its name, logo and pretty much everything else to become Change UK put themselves
forward for elections. In the European Elections, the Change UK Party did so
badly that it was scrapping by on 3% of the vote. In contrast the other new kid
on the block, the Brexit Party went from 0 to 32% in the polls and won the
election.
After the defeat and probably waking up to the fact that
these people don’t know what they are doing in campaigning terms, six of Change
UK's 11 MPs, including spokesman Chuka Umunna and interim leader Heidi Allen
have quit after it failed to get a single MEP elected. The six who have left,
now sit as independents, running down the clock to the next election where they
will be replaced as MPs.
Or they could attempt to go back to their old parties, tail
between their legs, but in the case of Chuka Umunna, I doubt that anyone will
want him back in the Labour Party. Momentum has earmarked him for de-selection.
Once liken to be the Black ‘Tony Blair, Chuka is like Blair heading for the political
dustbin of history.
Now the Change UK Party has five five MPs and a new
party leader, the former
Conservative business minister and anti-Brexit campaigner Anna
Soubry, who faces a rather bleak future.
I don’t see Change UK under her becoming a powerhouse party, because the anti
Brexit market is so crowded out with others. Change UK is left with former
Labour MPs Mike Gapes, Chris Leslie, Joan Ryan and Ann Coffey as the rank and
file MPs.
A joint statement from the six leaving members said
their priority was now "to provide collegiate leadership to bring people
together in the national interest".
Isn’t that what all political parties claim to do?
Why, yes, it seems that the Status Quo party is doing
business as usual, which probably explains why they are treading water.
The splitters added:
“We know the landscape will continue to shift within the
political environment and have concluded that by returning to sit as
independents, we will be best placed to work cross-party and respond flexibly. We
wish our colleagues well as they continue to build Change UK."
Boak!
In a statement, Soubry said:
“I’m deeply disappointed that at such a crucial time in
British politics our former colleagues have made this decision. Now is not the
time to walk away, but instead to roll up our sleeves and stand up for the
sensible mainstream centre ground which is unrepresented in British politics
today. Going forward, the Change UK MPs are as determined to fix Britain’s
broken politics as we were when we left our former parties.”
I am surprised that she is disappointed with these vain and selfish
people bailed, but given they have form for doing so in the past, what did she
expect. It is a bit like the woman who cheats on her husband then leaves; one
thing her new partner knows is that he cannot trust her. Loyalty is a two way
street, and when you know it is one way only well anything can happen. As I
kid, I remember a song, ‘ten green bottles standing on the wall’, it seems that
going from 11 to 5 is a hell of a lot of glass falling in a hurry.
Finally, I popped into the Pollok CLP meeting last night to
catch up on Labour Party politics, some people spoke of how the Labour Party
approach to Brexit was right in trying to bring the people together. They also
spoke of how Jeremy Corbyn was right not to have attended the State Dinner for
President Trump. Having listened carefully to the contributions, I found myself
coming to the conclusion that the approach was entirely wrong. Wrong on Brexit,
wrong on the strategy to bring people together, wrong on Jeremy Corbyn who did
not attend the State Dinner. I suppose I could have said something but I didn’t,
I think the Labour polling in Scotland says everything that needs to be said.
9.5% vote share in the European Election for the Labour Party!
Polled fifth in the vote in Scotland!
No MEPs!
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
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