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Owen Smith fishing with his ‘rich Tory friends’ – when Twitter gets rather silly

By Paul Walter | Wed 10th August 2016 - 2:29 pm

Tories Richard Benyon richest MP (£110 million) & Charles Ashley Rupert Walker OBE with @OwenSmith_MP -Socialist. pic.twitter.com/PRfLh37XUQ

— Dylan George (@DylanStrain) August 8, 2016

The tweet above, and others like it, caught my eye.

Labour leadership candidate Owen Smith is pictured on a fishing trip with rich Tory MPs Richard Benyon and Charles Walker. “Not much socialism there” was one tweeted comment.

So, the inference is that Owen Smith has lots of rich Tory chums and goes on fishing trips with them. So he can’t possibly be a socialist, or even a true “new Labour” man.

Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged owen smith and richard benyon | 11 Comments

Martin Salter put loyalty to Brown before loyalty to the Gurkhas

By Patrick Murray | Fri 1st May 2009 - 3:06 pm

Reading has a significant number of Gurkha ex-servicemen and their families, and Reading Liberal Democrats have joined some politicians from other parties, including retiring Reading West Labour MP Martin Salter, and the current Mayor of Reading Cllr Peter Beard, in campaigning for Gurkha justice and better welfare for Gurkha families.

Yesterday was an historic day for the Ghurkas. Nick Clegg’s motion to grant these brave soldiers the right to live in Britain passed by 267 votes to 246. It was a victory for justice. Clegg was absolutely right to press Gordon Brown on the moral principle at stake during PMQs- namely, …