Mary Reid

In the dog house

By | Fri 21st March 2025 - 8:25 am

So this happened:

Wendy Chamberlain, our Chief Whip, called Jennie in for a reprimand.

We now have an official statement from Jennie.

Update

According to The Mirror:

After seeing Jennie being petted by a gaggle of Labour MPs, chief whip Wendy Chamberlain summoned her for a breach of party discipline. The dog was pictured looking sheepish in Ms Chamberlain’s office.

But party members have demanded justice for Jennie at the Lib Dem spring conference. They put forward a motion urging activists to acknowledge that “establishing good relationships across parties is a sign of grown up politics”. The motion also called for recognition that “Jennie is a good girl”.

The motion called for the chief whip to “publicly apologise to Jennie and to provide her with a box of treats as compensation”. Ms Chamberlain defiantly responded: “I feel I should point out that Jenni did accept she had crossed the floor on Wednesday evening so I feel my actions were justified.”

 

* Mary Reid is a contributing editor on Lib Dem Voice. She was a councillor in Kingston upon Thames, where she is still very active with the local party, and is the Hon President of Kingston Lib Dems.

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3 Comments

  • Peter Martin 23rd Mar '25 - 12:10pm

    My own dog Millie struck up a friendship with a lady Tory teller when we were both collecting cards at a local polling station at the 2019 election! She’s a collie so I expected more intelligence from her 🙂

    But more seriously, I nearly always get on well personally with people who like children and animals, the two usually go together, and regardless of political differences. That has to be a good thing.

  • Gareth Epps 25th Mar '25 - 8:17pm

    Jennie also came along to Glee Club to reaffirm her allegiance, although when Simon Hughes took to the stage it was noticed that she appeared to have dozed off.

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