Nutty ginger Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle has only been in Parliament two years but he’s got his tribute act to his heroes Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell up and running with impressive speed. His latest stunt is inviting the international spokesman for the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group in Yemen, Ahmed Alshami, to Parliament. Their slogan includes “death to the US, death to Israel, curse the Jews”. He’ll fit right in with the Corbynistas…
Russell-Moyle has already called fellow Labour MP Graham Jones a “tit” and “illegal arms sales apologist” for criticising his decision to invite Alshami. Meanwhile there’s not been a peep from the Labour Party or Corbyn himself so far. Best not to upset his old friends at Press TV after all…
UPDATE: Russell-Moyle has finally backed down. Old Comrade Corbyn would never have caved in so easily…
There were dramatic scenes in parliament last night at the Venezuela APPG as a group of Corbynista MPs, including Chris Williamson and shadow minister Karen Lee, attempted to stage a takeover of the committee. Amid confusion about when and where the meeting was taking place, the Corbynistas attempted to eject the public from the AGM and force an early vote on the committee while they were in the majority. A classic Chavista-style manoeuvre…
However, the plan was foiled when quick-thinking MPs including Andrew Lewer activated their WhatsApp networks and rallied moderate colleagues, who promptly turned up in large numbers to outnumber the Corbynistas. After APPG Chair and Labour moderate Graham Jones refused to clear the room as the Corbynistas were demanding, Williamson realising he was in the minority got up and stormed out with his comrades. The Venezuela APPG – which is leading the way in exposing the plight of Venezuelan victims of the regime – was within a whisker of becoming a cheerleader for the murderous Maduro regime. As one counter-revolutionary Tory MP quipped afterwards, “Thank God for WhatsApp”…
It is all (finally) starting to kick off as Labour rapidly descends into internecine war over the slotting of Michael Dugher. Labour MP Tom Blenkinsop has gone after Ken:
Who's Livingstone trying to fool. Get him off the NEC. https://t.co/BzpoqQM9lt
— Tom Blenkinsop (@TomBlenkinsop) January 5, 2016
And so has his colleague Graham Jones:
.@MichaelDugher With the sacking of Dugher, traditional working class Labour is dying. pic.twitter.com/qFZGZmJ4v6
— Graham Jones MP (@GrahamJones_MP) January 5, 2016
Jones and Momentum chief Jon Lansman are meanwhile having a right old barney:
@jonlansman Your comments are undermining the Labour Party. @MichaelDugher speaks up for working class Labour. @jeremycorbyn @andyburnhammp
— Graham Jones MP (@GrahamJones_MP) January 5, 2016
Fiiiiiiiight!
UPDATE: Top Corbyn ally Cat Smith and moderate standard-bearer Chris Leslie trade blows on the Daily Politics:
