Category: Speeches

  • Steve Reed – 2020 Comments on Labour Referring Robert Jenrick to Parliamentary Commissioner

    Steve Reed – 2020 Comments on Labour Referring Robert Jenrick to Parliamentary Commissioner

    Below is the text of the comments made by Steve Reed, the Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary, said in a statement on 26 June 2020.

    The Prime Minister can’t just sweep this issue under the carpet. There are still so many unanswered questions about Robert Jenrick’s unlawful attempt to help Richard Desmond dodge £150m in tax days before he made a generous donation to the Conservative Party.

    The Prime Minister has yet again shown woefully poor judgment by not referring clear breaches of the Ministerial Code to the Cabinet Secretary and he must now come clean himself about his own involvement in this case.

    The Government must publish all the remaining secret documents in this case to show the public what Mr Jenrick and the Prime Minister were really up to and prove that this is not the start of a new era of Tory sleaze.

  • Chris Williamson – 2020 Comments on Rebecca Long-Bailey

    Chris Williamson – 2020 Comments on Rebecca Long-Bailey

    Below is the text of the comments made by Chris Williamson, the former Labour MP for Derby North, on Twitter on 25 June 2020.

    So RBL [Rebecca Long-Bailey] is sacked by Sir Starmer for sharing Maxine Peake’s interview with the Independent!

    The abject failure of ANY MP to join me in condemning the witch-hunt years ago has led directly to this. And it’s only going to get worse.

    Pastor Niemöller’s words come to mind.

  • Zarah Sultana – 2020 Comments on Rebecca Long-Bailey

    Zarah Sultana – 2020 Comments on Rebecca Long-Bailey

    Below is the text of the comments made by Zarah Sultana, the Labour MP for Coventry South, on Twitter on 26 June 2020.

    From her excellent work on the Green Industrial Revolution to holding the Government to account on its shambolic plans for reopening schools, I’m disappointed that Rebecca Long-Bailey has been removed from her Shadow Cabinet role.

    Solidarity Rebecca Long-Bailey.

  • Mick Whitley – 2020 Comments on Rebecca Long-Bailey

    Mick Whitley – 2020 Comments on Rebecca Long-Bailey

    Below is the text of the comments made by Mick Whitley, the Labour MP for Birkenhead, on Twitter on 26 June 2020.

    I’m proud to call Rebecca Long-Bailey a friend and colleague.

    She was an incredible Education Secretary, working alongside the unions to oppose the Government’s reckless plans for school reopenings.

    Her departure from the frontbench is regrettable and I hope to see her reinstated.

  • Kate Osborne – 2020 Comments on Rebecca Long-Bailey

    Kate Osborne – 2020 Comments on Rebecca Long-Bailey

    Below is the text of the comments made by Kate Osborne, the Labour MP for Jarrow, on Twitter on 26 June 2020.

    Solidarity Rebecca Long-Bailey, we stand with you comrade ✊?. To all party members I say, please stay and educate, agitate, organise.

  • Laura Pidcock – 2020 Comments on Rebecca Long-Bailey

    Laura Pidcock – 2020 Comments on Rebecca Long-Bailey

    Below is the text of the comments made on Twitter by Laura Pidcock on 26 June 2020.

    Solidarity with Rebecca Long-Bailey. And solidarity with every member feeling unsure about their future in the party. A strong and well organised left in the Party has power. I am staying and organising.

  • Len McCluskey – 2020 Comments on Rebecca Long-Bailey

    Len McCluskey – 2020 Comments on Rebecca Long-Bailey

    Below is the text of the comments made by Twitter by Len McCluskey on 25 June 2020 following the dismissal of Rebecca Long-Bailey.

    Sacking Rebecca Long-Bailey is an unnecessary over-reaction to a confected row. Unity is too important to be risked like this.

  • Claudia Webbe – 2020 Comments on Dismissal of Rebecca Long-Bailey

    Claudia Webbe – 2020 Comments on Dismissal of Rebecca Long-Bailey

    Below are the comments made by Claudia Webbe, the Labour MP for Leicester East, on 25 June 2020, following the dismissal of Rebecca Long-Bailey.

    Dear Keir,

    It is the sacking of Robert Jenrick MP that Labour should be calling for.

  • John McDonnell – 2020 Comments on Dismissal of Rebecca Long-Bailey

    John McDonnell – 2020 Comments on Dismissal of Rebecca Long-Bailey

    Below are the comments made by John McDonnell, the Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington, on 25 June 2020.

    Throughout discussion of antisemitism it’s always been said criticism of practices of Israeli state is not antisemitic. I don’t believe therefore that this article is or ⁦⁦Rebecca Long-Bailey⁩ should’ve been sacked. I stand in solidarity with her.

  • Maxine Peake – 2020 Article Accusing Israelis of Training US Police

    Maxine Peake – 2020 Article Accusing Israelis of Training US Police

    Below is the text of the relevant part of the article posted by Maxine Peake, which was shared by Rebecca Long-Bailey who was then sacked from the Shadow Cabinet on 25 June 2020. The full article is at https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/maxine-peake-interview-labour-corbyn-keir-starmer-black-lives-matter-a9583206.html.

    “I don’t know how we escape that cycle that’s indoctrinated into us all,” continues the 45-year-old. “Well, we get rid of it when we get rid of capitalism as far as I’m concerned. That’s what it’s all about. The establishment has got to go. We’ve got to change it.” Born in Bolton to a lorry driver father and care worker mother, Peake is strident and expressive; if religion wasn’t anathema to her, she’d be perfect in the pulpit. “Systemic racism is a global issue,” she adds. “The tactics used by the police in America, kneeling on George Floyd’s neck, that was learnt from seminars with Israeli secret services.”

    The Independent added:

    A spokesperson for the Israeli police has denied this, stating that “there is no tactic or protocol that calls to put pressure on the neck or airway”.