Politician cites ‘cruel and unnecessary policies’ as she lambasts prime minister’s ‘managerial and technocratic approach’
A Labour MP has resigned from the parliamentary party after criticising Keir Starmer’s “cruel and unnecessary” policies and lambasting the prime minister’s “managerial and technocratic approach” to politics.
It is thought that it is the fastest an MP has given up their party’s whip after an election in modern times. While Duffield had been vocal in her opposition to Starmer on several occasions, the fury of her departure will serve as a further blow to the prime minister amid criticisms of his early months in Downing Street.had left her “so ashamed of what you and your inner circle have done to tarnish and humiliate our once proud party”.
“Someone with far-above-average wealth choosing to keep the Conservatives’ two-child limit to benefit payments which entrenches children in poverty, while inexplicably accepting expensive personal gifts of designer suits and glasses costing more than most of these people can grasp –… this is entirely undeserving of holding the title ofbacking the cut to winter fuel payments, she added: “Forcing a vote to make many older people iller and colder while you and your favourite colleagues enjoy free...
“As prime minister, your managerial style and technocratic approach, and lack of basic politics and political instincts, have come crashing down on us as a party after we worked so hard, promised so much, and waited a long 14 years to be mandated by the British public to return to power,” she wrote.
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