Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said no party can ‘make those sorts of commitments’ in relation to places in the House of Lords.
Yvette Cooper said no party can ‘make those sorts of commitments’ in relation to places in the House of Lords
Ms Cooper distanced the party from the peerage accusations, stating: “No party can do that, it’s not the way the system works.” “Indeed, he’s said that he wouldn’t have a resignation honours list as well because it’s been so distorted by the way that the Conservatives have done that.” Asked why Ms Shaheen or Mr Russell-Moyle are not being permitted to stand while former Tories are welcomed to the party, Ms Cooper said: “Neither Natalie Elphicke nor Mark Logan are standing as Labour candidates in the election.
She then told Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips on Sky News: “It’s a great surprise, I think, to everyone, including possibly to Natalie Elphicke herself, that such a hard-right Conservative politician should choose to join Labour.
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