Faiza Shaheen did indeed split the left vote. Guido’s glad that his money was not wasted.
I just donated to @FaizaShaheen campaign fund to win Chingford and Woodford Green on July 4.
Can you make a contribution? https://t.co/tFOaEbYMKC
— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) June 6, 2024
Through the gap goes IDS…
When Faiza Shaheen announced her decision to stand in Chingford and Woodford Green she put the blame on the accursed Labour Party for pushing her out. Despite her surprised reaction and panicked rambling about engorged breasts on Newsnight, it looks like Faiza might have seen this coming for a while…
The newly independent candidate established Faiza Shaheen Campaigns Ltd 11 months ago. On companies house the business is listed as performing “activities of political organisations“. One of its other directors, Derek Hibbert, happens to be the promoter of the website for Shaheen’s independent campaign. That’s all while George Galloway’s candidate stands down to support comrade Faiza. How long has she been in talks with the Caledonian communist?
Her campaign website, faizashaheen.co.uk, on which she announced her independent candidacy, was registered back in April 2023. Faiza’s principled resignation appears to have been prepared for months ago…
Purged Corbynista Shaheen said she would make an announcement on next steps today. Now it’s here – she announces on her website that she will stand as an independent in Chingford and Woodford Green. A ray of sunlight for Iain Duncan Smith…
Read her full statement below:
In a remarkable ten minute rant on Newsnight Faiza Shaheen reacted to her deselection as Labour’s candidate for Chingford and Woodford Green thanks to a series of suspect social media posts. After saying she was “in a bit of a state of shock” at “being treated this badly”, Shaheen reached for the world’s smallest violin to really hammer the point home:
“I mean I’ve got, like, engorged breasts right now. I’ve got left my baby at home, like, I just don’t understand.”
Sadly Guido doesn’t expect this argument will hold water with LOTO. The undemocratic decision to deselect a popular local candidate has been executed, like the others, without remorse. She’s bust…
As polling day approaches and parties hastily select candidates amid the resignation of MPs, Starmer is on a mission to purge left-wing leftovers from the Corbyn era. The internal chaos at LOTO has overshadowed the start of Labour’s campaign, with questions as to whether Diane Abbott will be banned from standing at the election. Sparking outrage across the board…
Meanwhile, Lloyd Russell-Moyle, the former MP for Brighton Kemptown, said Labour has suspended him over a “vexatious and politically motivated complaint,” preventing him from running as well. A third, Faiza Shaheen, has also had Labour’s support withdrawn over antisemitism accusations, and won’t be Labour’s candidate for Chingford & Woodford Green. Coordinated…
The simultaneous announcements of the selections of Starmer allies added a Stalinesque touch to the purge:
- Luke Akehurst – North Durham
- Josh Simons – Makerfield
- Paul Waugh – Rochdale
- Georgia Gould – Maida Vale
- Heather Iqbal – Dewsbury
So much for Starmer’s pledge to not interfere with candidate selection and have a more “democratic” process. Gone are the days of Starmer’s promise to to unite the Labour Party and also “retain the radicalism of the last four years“. When he won the leadership contest, Starmer pledged: “We are not going to trash the last Labour government…nor are we going to trash the last four years [under Jeremy Corbyn].” Now it’s clear he’s ditched that commitment – Starmer is pretty serious about governing without Corbyn’s chums on the backbenches…
The BBC has been quick to publish a favourable write-up of a recent think tank report from the Progressive Economy Forum. The report was presented as a neutral analysis, with the authors presented simply as a “group of economists”. A little digging shows they are not simply economists, they’re also ardent lefties…
Their observations, quoted by the BBC without challenge, include “a consensus among economists” that austerity is damaging, “as the experience of the last decade in Britain has shown” – and that government policy is based on “very shaky foundations”. It doesn’t take a genius to work out which side of the tax-spend debate they sit on…
The Progressive Economy Forum website shows their council members, including the likes of Faiza Shaheen, James Meadway and Danny Dorling, who wouldn’t be out of place at a Momentum rally. As for the authors quoted directly in the article, Rob Calvert Jump publicly endorsed Corbyn’s 2017 election manifesto, whilst Jo Churchill has a history of pro-Corbyn tweets.
As co-conspirators know, Guido welcomes the BBC providing a platform for all viewpoints. However, presenting activists as objective, impartial authorities is hardly in keeping with the BBC charter. The Corporation would never treat the IEA like that.
UPDATE: The BBC has updated the article to reflect the political persuasions of the report and has also included a right-of-centre perspective. The new version also has the welcome addition of the phrase “experts disputed the findings”. For posterity, co-conspirators can view the old version here. That wasn’t so hard, was it?
