I don't really have a preference for whoever becomes leader of the Labour Party, but I have for some reason a bad feeling about media darling Jess Philips.
Maybe it's because she reminds, me of Neil Kinnock fully of bombastic rhetoric and making all the right noises on equality, but when push comes to shove their vaulting ambition will lead them to abandon the very people they claim to champion.
Certainly like Kinnock she is a dyed in the wool unionist and has come up with a defence of the union that would make any Tory backbench and the London media proud.
Indeed Ms Philips stance seems even more odd considering she told Andrew Marr she would be willing to "fight" for the UK to rejoin the EU should she win the leadership challenge and become the next Prime Minister in 2025.
If after leaving the EU , the UK could reexamine whether it was the right to leave. Surely Scotland who voted remain has the right to say whether they want to be in an isolated UK or rejoin the EU in their own right it after all should at least be considered as see as " a circumstance where she think sit would be better for Scotland to leave the UK.”
Maybe it's because she reminds, me of Neil Kinnock fully of bombastic rhetoric and making all the right noises on equality, but when push comes to shove their vaulting ambition will lead them to abandon the very people they claim to champion.
Certainly like Kinnock she is a dyed in the wool unionist and has come up with a defence of the union that would make any Tory backbench and the London media proud.
Speaking on the BBC’s Good Morning Scotland programme, the Birmingham Yardley MP outlined her opposition to having another vote on independence.“I think that some of the reasons that we lost in Scotland and have been losing in Scotland for some time – this isn’t wholly down to the last general election – is that we have, since the referendum up there, not necessarily had a clear position on the two big constitutional questions of the day,” said Ms Phillips.“I think that people, when they look at a political party, if they are not certain on what they are saying on any one thing, they lose trust with the public.”She added: “I don’t think we should have another referendum on Scottish independence – 53% of the Scottish public in the general election did not vote for a party that was promoting independence.“I think that we should be talking about things that are relevant to the lives of people in Scotland.“I can’t see a circumstance where I think it would be better for Scotland to leave the UK.”SNP MP Tommy Sheppard said Labour would continue to “fade into political irrelevance” in Scotland as long as the party does not respect the country’s right to self-determination.“These comments smack of arrogance and the same high-handed, dismissive attitude that has caused support for Labour to collapse in Scotland,” said Mr Sheppard.“Labour clearly hasn’t learned a thing and is still hopelessly out of touch if it thinks it can ignore democracy and deny people in Scotland a choice over our future.“As long as Labour politicians think they can lecture from Westminster and refuse to respect Scotland’s right to self-determination, they will continue to fade into political irrelevance.“The SNP won a landslid.
Indeed Ms Philips stance seems even more odd considering she told Andrew Marr she would be willing to "fight" for the UK to rejoin the EU should she win the leadership challenge and become the next Prime Minister in 2025.
If after leaving the EU , the UK could reexamine whether it was the right to leave. Surely Scotland who voted remain has the right to say whether they want to be in an isolated UK or rejoin the EU in their own right it after all should at least be considered as see as " a circumstance where she think sit would be better for Scotland to leave the UK.”
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