Starmer is continuing to refuse to suspend Dawn Butler, who over the weekend retweeted a post about Kemi Badenoch from loony British-Nigerian author Nels Abbey:
“Today the most prominent member of white supremacy’s black collaborator class (in Britain) is likely to be made leader of the Conservative Party. Here are some handy tips for surviving the immediate surge of Badenochism (i.e. white supremacy in blackface). Don’t allow yourself to be gaslit. Of course, a victory for Badenoch is an obvious, unprecedented and once inconceivable victory for racism…
Don’t get arrested… The police don’t do nuance, and they conveniently refuse to understand black and brown intra-communal language or forms of critique, satire or compliment e.g. coconut, Uncle Tom, Aunt Kemi, house negro, choc ice etc.”
Butler’s favourite hobby is to try to get kicked out of the Commons for accusing Tory MPs of lying. Has she moved on to trying to get evicted from her own party?
Co-conspirators will remember that Rupa Huq was suspended for six months in 2022 after Guido revealed that she attacked Kwasi Kwarteng for being “superficially black.” So far Starmer has refused to do the same this time round. Abbey later said his post had been “clearly satirical” and “intended as a sketch.” That’s OK then…
Yvette Cooper declined to call the words racist on LBC this morning and told Nick Ferrari: “The words that you have read out are clearly appalling and I would strongly disagree with them.” Then she deployed the usual excuse of “I haven’t seen the post, I don’t know the circumstances…”
Cooper, who was on to talk about the government’s small boats announcements, defended Butler’s non-suspension by saying this is “one for the whip.” Labour’s media plan foiled by its own MPs again…
Burnham confirms he spoke to Trump last night about drilling in the North Sea:
“I indicated in the phone call that we had a week last Monday that I would take a pragmatic approach when it comes to the North Sea, and that is my intention as we go forward from here. There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that. Hence, me indicating that to the president…”