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Post by adlai52 on Jul 15, 2024 9:02:34 GMT
Tomorrow's Sunday Times reporting the police are investgating an anti-Ashworth, pro-Adam leaflet without an imprint. The Adam campaign denies involvement.
A by-election in Leicester South might not be the exactly the type of seat or issue profile Labour would like to engage with right now.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2024 11:59:58 GMT
The Muslim Vote = UK's Justice Democrats
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Post by michaelarden on Jul 15, 2024 21:41:32 GMT
A by-election in Leicester South might not be the exactly the type of seat or issue profile Labour would like to engage with right now. Don't think that's likely - Adam has responded and Ashworth comes out of this very badly.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2024 3:24:16 GMT
Sour grapes. If there's a by-election (won't be), another independent would walk it and Ashworth could lose again. He should shut up and wait for his peerage, IMO.
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Post by Andrew_S on Jul 27, 2024 0:20:24 GMT
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Post by sanders on Jul 27, 2024 2:34:10 GMT
He's taking his defeat well then.
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Post by maxque on Jul 27, 2024 16:58:13 GMT
That is an almost childlike behaviour to his defeat. EDIT: I see he is now the director of Labour Together, the Labour right think tank (the previous director now being the MP for Makerfield).
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Post by Johncrane on Jul 27, 2024 21:21:03 GMT
It seems like Ashworth's conduct in private isn't much better "Following the election shock result, Leicester South CLP secretary Naj Hussan took to social media to congratulate Adam on his victory and praise his campaign – a traditional display of grace in defeat. Ashworth was furious." In an email to members of the CLP, Hussan said that he had demanded an apology after Ashworth had made a “baseless accusation and personal attack in a public forum that I have been ‘helping opponents’”. Hussan said: “I understand that emotions were maybe running high immediately after the result, however, I have under advice, requested, quite formally, a full apology and retraction of the statement that has left me significantly distressed and alarmed over the last few days … the toll this has taken on my mental health has been significant.” The “defamatory statement” by Ashworth was based on a social media post in which Hussan congratulated the new MP on his election. In the post, Hussan outlined that Adam’s campaign was “community driven”- something Labour must “review, heed and use to build trust back”. Anyone who doubted Hassan’s loyalty need only look at how he remained “part of the party following immense pressure to resign from many people on the Gaza issue”, as well as at the hours he spent during the election, “even doing administrative tasks behind the scenes while I was on holiday in Turkey with my family”. Hussan referred the matter to Labour’s Legal and Compliance Unit and CLP Executive Committee. Novara Media understands that Ashworth has since apologised." novaramedia.com/2024/07/26/jonathan-ashworth-apologises-after-leaving-party-colleague-distressed-and-alarmed/
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