A Labour chief praising Margaret Thatcher was all the time going to be controversial, and a few of Sir Keir Starmer’s personal MPs have begun to react publicly to his article.
In case you missed it, Sir Keir praised the previous PM for effecting “significant change” within the UK and “setting unfastened our pure entrepreneurialism” throughout her 11 years in workplace (learn extra right here).
Labour MPs who’re members of the Socialist Marketing campaign Group have been reacting to the op-ed on Twitter, criticising Ms Thatcher and implicitly condemning Sir Keir.
Beth Winter, who represents the Cynon Valley in Wales, mentioned the Thatcher authorities “devastated communities with the deliberate destruction of the mining trade”.
She added: “Insurance policies just like the grossly iniquitous ballot tax and the nice privatisation rip-off offs have been the hallmarks of Thatcherism.
“Most of these pressured to depend on meals banks right this moment are from communities which have by no means recovered from the Thatcher authorities’s assault on working-class communities.
“Her authorities’s assaults on the working class and commerce unions [are] properly remembered in my constituency.”
Ian Byrne, MP for Liverpool West Derby, tweeted: “At the moment like each sport for the final 8 years we will likely be outdoors Anfield gathering meals to assist these struggling to place a meal on the desk due to an financial system constructed by Thatcher.
“Inequality, starvation, destitution and distress. That is the actual legacy left by Thatcher.”
And Kim Johnson, who represents Liverpool Riverside, added: “Margaret Thatcher did nothing for working class communities in Liverpool and throughout the nation: destroyed industries, attacked commerce unionists, privatised our core industries.
“Campaigned for ‘managed decline’ in our metropolis, attacked Hillsborough followers.
“Not somebody any [Labour] supporter ought to look as much as. Those that don’t be taught from historical past are doomed to repeat it.”
