Early Day Motions are a good way of gauging some of the more extreme elements of the Commons. Every so often one comes up that shows members true colours. Take for example EDM 1334:
“That this House notes the Morning Star is a national daily newspaper available in shops across the UK; further notes that it is the only socialist daily newspaper in the English language worldwide; further notes that the Morning Star and its management have strong links with the trade union movement; welcomes the different light it shines on news and current affairs from that of other daily newspapers; expresses concern that the Morning Star is rarely ever shown on or reported by the BBC on television and radio; and calls on the Director General of the BBC to ensure that the Morning Star is featured regularly and as a matter of course in broadcast newspaper reviews in the interests of fair and balanced reporting.”
It was put forward by none other than Harman’s PPS Ian Lavery, of cover up fame, and keep an eye on the rest of his looney supporters:
Labour Party
Campbell, Ronnie. Caton, Martin. Corbyn, Jeremy. Cryer, John. Francis, Hywel. Hepburn, Stephen. Hopkins, Kelvin. Lavery, Ian. McDonnell, John. Mearns, Ian. Morris, Grahame. Nandy, Lisa. Owen, Albert. Riordan, Linda. Sharma, Virendra. Skinner, Dennis.
Liberal Democrats
George, Andrew.
Plaid Cymru
Edwards, Jonathan. Llwyd, Elfyn.
Scottish National Party
MacNeil, Angus.
A useful starting list, come the revolution.
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