Now that it has happened twice, it must be considered a tradition for an outgoing Prime Minister to call on Jeremy Corbyn to resign. Boris Johnson would be churlish not to observe that tradition when he himself resigned on Friday.
But the BBC falsely labelled Ian Austin a Labour MP when he joined in with that call. There is no such position as "Mother of the House". The sex of a politician, including a Party Leader or a Prime Minister, is entirely the wrong question.
And the praise for Gavin Barwell, the Butcher of Grenfell Tower, was as sick-making at the standing ovation for Theresa May was bad form. No applause in the chamber, please. At least Labour did not join in. The Conservatives did join in with the first of these ovations, for Tony Blair in 2007. As the Lib Dems and, of course, the DUP did on this occasion.
Another hung Parliament is coming, however, and we need our people to hold the balance of power in it. A new party is now in the process of registration. I will stand for Parliament here at North West Durham even if I can raise only the deposit, which I could do by going pretty overdrawn, although that was not how I was brought up. I would still prefer to raise the £10,000 necessary to mount a serious campaign, but I am no longer making my candidacy conditional on having done so. In any event, please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.
Another hung Parliament is coming, however, and we need our people to hold the balance of power in it. A new party is now in the process of registration. I will stand for Parliament here at North West Durham even if I can raise only the deposit, which I could do by going pretty overdrawn, although that was not how I was brought up. I would still prefer to raise the £10,000 necessary to mount a serious campaign, but I am no longer making my candidacy conditional on having done so. In any event, please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.
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