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co-presenter Balls – and former Labour shadow chancellor – questioned the party’s approach during an interview with Labour frontbencher Anneliese Dodds.“How come Natalie Elphicke is an acceptable face for Labour in the House of Commons and Diane Abbott is not an unacceptable face?”
The then-Tory MP previously suggested he should stop “playing politics” – alluding to his successful campaign to get free school meals – after he missed a penalty at the Euro 2020 final.for writing articles with headlines such as, “Don’t trust Labour on immigration, they really want open borders,” and for claiming would-be migrants deliberatelyBalls pointed out in his interview that Abbott said sorry for her mistake, too, but remains suspended more than a year later.
“And there is no place for sexual assault in parliament or anywhere else, and that was clear ultimately in that parliamentary process which was then applied to“When it comes to Diane Abbott, obviously Diane was a trailblazer for the Labour Party, an incredibly important figure – there is an independent complaints process which applies to complaints in the Labour Party.”Dodss just said it was “critical” that that report is “robust”.
“So Natalie Elphicke has been brought in after two weeks, having said critical things,” Balls said. “And Diane Abbott is still in an independent complaints process.Could Keir Starmer's Decision To Welcome Natalie Elphicke From The Tories Backfire?HuffPost UK Daily Brief Sign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. You are also agreeing to our
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