“We believe that she is a toxic and divisive figure who has no place in the Labour Party”
Folkestone and Hythe Constituency Labour Party have released the following statement in response to hard-right Tory MP Natalie Elphicke being admitted into the Labour Party.
The Folkestone and Hythe CLP executive was shocked and appalled to hear that Natalie Elphicke had been accepted as an MP within the Labour Party yesterday.
We stand for values of kindness, decency, empathy, and humanity; values that have not been displayed by Elphicke in the time that she has been an MP. We believe that she is a toxic and divisive figure who has no place in the Labour Party and that – while it might have been temporarily headline grabbing to accept her – tremendous damage has been done to the party’s reputation in doing so.
We know that many members of the CLP in Dover and Deal will feel bewildered by this move. We send our solidarity to them, and we hope that they will apply to the NEC to have Elphicke’s application to join the Labour Party rejected as they are entitled to do under the rule book.
- You can read more on the response to Natalie Elphicke’s acceptance into the Labour Party here: Elphicke out, Abbott in, say Labour Left.
