Labour Stalwart Mahon Quits Party
Former MP Alice Mahon has expressed her dismay with Government policy by resigning from the Labour Party.
Mrs Mahon, 71, left Westminster in 2005 after almost 20-years as the MP for Halifax. A traditional left-winger and Eurosceptic, Mrs Mahon frequently crossed swords with the whips for rebelling against the Government.
In an interview with the Yorkshire Post, Mrs Mahon explained why she'd taken the decision to end 50-years of steadfast Labour membership.
Speaking of the recent Downing Street "smeargate" scandal, she said: "My stepdaughter Rachel said to me: 'How could they do that to people like David Cameron and his wife Samantha when they had recently lost their son Ivan? What kind of people think it would be a good idea to smear them?'
"I was sickened by that - that is not the Labour Party that I joined all those years ago.''
In her resignation letter to Halifax Constituency Labour Party, she said: "This has been a difficult decision to take as I feel I was almost born into the Labour Party. However, I can no longer be a member of a party that at the leadership level has betrayed many of the values and principles that inspired me as a teenager to join.''
Mrs Mahon is also said to be furious about the provisions of the Government's Welfare Reform Bill and the "despicable'' treatment of former Labour prospective Parliamentary candidate Janet Oosthuysen. Ms Oosthuysen, who battled hard to win selection, was axed by Labour's National Executive Committee after accepting a police caution when her former partner's car was damaged.
A final word to Mrs Mahon: "My final reason for leaving the party is because it is no longer democratic."
Ain't that the truth?
Mrs Mahon, 71, left Westminster in 2005 after almost 20-years as the MP for Halifax. A traditional left-winger and Eurosceptic, Mrs Mahon frequently crossed swords with the whips for rebelling against the Government.
In an interview with the Yorkshire Post, Mrs Mahon explained why she'd taken the decision to end 50-years of steadfast Labour membership.
Speaking of the recent Downing Street "smeargate" scandal, she said: "My stepdaughter Rachel said to me: 'How could they do that to people like David Cameron and his wife Samantha when they had recently lost their son Ivan? What kind of people think it would be a good idea to smear them?'
"I was sickened by that - that is not the Labour Party that I joined all those years ago.''
In her resignation letter to Halifax Constituency Labour Party, she said: "This has been a difficult decision to take as I feel I was almost born into the Labour Party. However, I can no longer be a member of a party that at the leadership level has betrayed many of the values and principles that inspired me as a teenager to join.''
Mrs Mahon is also said to be furious about the provisions of the Government's Welfare Reform Bill and the "despicable'' treatment of former Labour prospective Parliamentary candidate Janet Oosthuysen. Ms Oosthuysen, who battled hard to win selection, was axed by Labour's National Executive Committee after accepting a police caution when her former partner's car was damaged.
A final word to Mrs Mahon: "My final reason for leaving the party is because it is no longer democratic."
Ain't that the truth?
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