Another day, another Labour drama. Now it’s Independent MP Rosie Duffield making waves after giving a rather revealing interview to TalkTV. The animosity between the former Labour politician and the current party leader has spanned years, with public disagreements over women’s rights, policy decisions and sleaze scandals. Are there any circumstances in which the left-leaning politician would ever consider rejoining her old party? Well, maybe.
Speaking on TalkTV today, Duffield was quizzed by Talk’s Russell Quirk on her relationship with Labour.
RQ: What would you do, Rosie, though? Will you wait for Keir Starmer to be replaced, which I think is probably inevitable before the next general election and then find a way back? Or are you determined to carry on and then stand again as an independent?
RD: Do you know what? Honestly, I’m not talking political spin here, but I just don’t know yet. I mean, it’s four years away… I would really like to rejoin the Labour Party. I’d like to recognize it as the Labour Party that I joined and have always been supportive of… I just want to see a Labour party that I recognise and whoever takes over as leader, because I think if the local elections go as badly as things are going now…
RQ: Who would you like to see be the leader of the Labour Party that would allow you, in all good conscience, to come back?
RD: That’s a really good question. And to be honest, I don’t know the answer.
RQ: Come on, get off the fence. Wes Streeting? Angela Rayner?
RD: Wes and Angela could do a really good job… I think they’ve both got very good political instincts. They understand that they would have to allow the left and left backbenchers and senior backbenchers to have a say. And if they do that, then there’s room for me again.
RQ: Do you think anybody’s better than Keir Starmer?
RD: Um, yes. I didn’t vote for him. I knew he’d be not particularly brilliant, but he’s much worse than I thought.
Burn…
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