Friday, October 20, 2006
Clare Short leaves Labour benches
She revealed the frustration and disillusionment with Tony Blair which had led her to quit after a "lifetime of service to the Labour Party" and 23 years in the House of Commons.
Miss Short, 60, was reprimanded by the Labour chief whip for breaching Labour's code of conduct by calling for a "hung" Parliament — in which Labour would not have an overall majority — and effectively calling for the defeat of Labour MPs at the next election. She had received additional warnings about her "lack of attendance" in the Commons. Gordon Brown, the Chancellor, said that for some time she had not been voting with Labour.
She was now a "convinced social democrat". (pity about people like Charles Kennedy).
She (responsibly IMO) cited the cash-for-peerages affair (where IMO Blair (this blog, "Loans for peerages", July 17th) seems to have publically but unintentionally admitted fraud) , the "endless" reorganisation of public services and the "debacle" in Iraq as a few reasons for her disillusionment.
IMO:Hope she brings more news about "new Labor". The UK is getting like the traditional view of a South American republic. "new Labor" is no good and Tories are even worse than no good, they are (as Poe would have said) 'the vile quintessence of all that is abominable'. No wonder people will not vote at all as they are clearly totally disillusioned.
Miss Short, 60, was reprimanded by the Labour chief whip for breaching Labour's code of conduct by calling for a "hung" Parliament — in which Labour would not have an overall majority — and effectively calling for the defeat of Labour MPs at the next election. She had received additional warnings about her "lack of attendance" in the Commons. Gordon Brown, the Chancellor, said that for some time she had not been voting with Labour.
She was now a "convinced social democrat". (pity about people like Charles Kennedy).
She (responsibly IMO) cited the cash-for-peerages affair (where IMO Blair (this blog, "Loans for peerages", July 17th) seems to have publically but unintentionally admitted fraud) , the "endless" reorganisation of public services and the "debacle" in Iraq as a few reasons for her disillusionment.
IMO:Hope she brings more news about "new Labor". The UK is getting like the traditional view of a South American republic. "new Labor" is no good and Tories are even worse than no good, they are (as Poe would have said) 'the vile quintessence of all that is abominable'. No wonder people will not vote at all as they are clearly totally disillusioned.
# posted by uv : 8:28 PM
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