Owen Smith’s campaign team have been busy distributing to the media a photograph of the Labour leadership contender with a disabled woman – to push his claim he’ll be a “champion of disabled people” if he wins.
Here’s Smith in the photograph with the woman, Jae Robinson:
Unfortunately for Smith and his team of supposed PR ‘experts’, Ms Robinson has just been suspended from Labour as part of the party’s increasingly bizarre attempts to ‘purge’ the party of Corbyn supporters.
As with others who have been ‘purged’ by the party, Ms Robinson has not been told the reason for her suspension.
So by “championing” disabled people – Smith seems to mean using them and then throwing them out on their ear without explanation.
Coincidentally, the mass purges come just before the leadership election takes place, and any appeals will only be able to be processed after the voting takes place.
Still.
Not as bad as being suspended by Labour for liking the Foo Fighters.
mili68 said:
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mili68 said:
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philipburdekin said:
Crazy and bad but nothing compared to the Tory assholes and what they have done to us sick and disabled.
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Paul Smyth said:
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Elaine Jacobs said:
Also, OS’s body language is SOOOO wrong! Making the woman twist her body to make eye contact…
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David Lowrence said:
FFS Labour is beyond broken. All of you.
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The Pink Agendist, née Mr. Merveilleux said:
OMG- you’re soooooo prejudiced! He’s championing her because of where his hand is at that particular moment.
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casalealex said:
Brilliant PR move! Let’s show we are not biased against Corbyn. Set up a stunt where we can show that we have suspended at least one Smith supporter!
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Mark Catlin said:
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Tracie Wayling said:
What with his bus pic fail earlier, he’s not doing very well with his campaign photos. Just look at all those ‘Keep Corbyn’s in the background!
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Tracie Wayling said:
@Casalealex, my guess going by the all the Corbyn supporters in the background is that she is likely to be a Corbyn supporter.
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mohandeer said:
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Dave said:
Shouldn’t that be “champion for disabled people” anyway, rather than “of”? Unless Smith has some disability that I’m unaware of.
In concurrence with others, Smith’s body language is shocking.
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Maxine McBeth said:
You are right it is so bizarre this terrible purge. This particular issue sums up every reason why no one ahould vote for smith
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cmgregson said:
Someone on Twitter found two of Jae’s tweets calling for Jess Phillips to be deselected and used this as justification. Jae’s reasoning was that Jess had failedto deliver a Remain vote in Birmingham Yardley and had lost the confidence of the CLP by opposing Corbyn so vehemently. She is using the same arguments that the PLP have usedin the leadership challenge so this has to be fair comment.
The only dodginess is Jae putting ‘(liar)’ by Jess’s name in a tweet. If this is grounds for suspension then I need to hand myself in for calling Liam Byrne a shitweasel on Twitter in 2012 for undermining disability activists during the Welfare Reform Act campaign. Every other Labour member on this site shouldalso find similar evidence and submit themselves for punishment and reeducation.
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Jonathan Wilson said:
@Casalealex Jae Robinson is a Corbyn supporter… hence why she has been purged.
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Tricia Bliss said:
Just to clarify, Jae is most definitely a Corbyn supporter. That picture was taken at the Birmingham hustings when Smith attempted to engage with us ‘thugs’ – I was there and took the photo Jae is currently using as her Facebook profile pic.
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casalealex said:
Tracie Wayling – On second thoughts, and reading further comments above, I agree with you. Just shows what depths Smith and NEC will go to,
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nld01 said:
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Elaine Mullings said:
As usual, Organ Smith talks down to a potential voter. Shame his Dad isn’t on the NEC, then his leadership would be a shoo-in.
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diannediannedianne said:
Another here who noticed the appaling body language – speaks volumes.
Patronising, dominating, inconsiderate. He is really invading her space & forcing her to contort herself & look up at him.
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Sharon M. Brill said:
Corbyn and his antisemitic goons need purging!
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Glenn said:
“Corbyn and his antisemitic goons need purging!”
I think I prefer Mr Corbyn rather than Zionist/Israeli apologists like yourself. Here is a top tip: Being Anti-Israel does not make one antisemitic. Israel is a Nazi, apartheid state based on theft from the Palestinian people. All right minded people should condemn Israel…..even Jewish people.
One can criticise Israel without being Anti Semitic.
Israel is NOT the Jewish race in its entirety…..though it likes to paint itself so.
Israel is merely a genocidal bunch of racist squatters who have done slow genocide against the Palestinians.
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