Labour Minister Ditches Party in Leaflet Campaign – Guido Fawkes

Labour Minister Ditches Party in Leaflet Campaign

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Even the ministers are doing it now. Labour MPs have slowly been shedding their colours on postal material since the election…

Energy minister and Ed Miliband’s rising star Miatta Fahnbulleh has been sending round “First anniversary update” material to her Peckham constituents boasting about her work in the constituency. No Labour logo, no Labour colours…

There is not even a mention of Labour anywhere on the leaflet. A minister in hiding…

IPSA rules on constituency communications using their funds means you can’t run a political campaign with the material. Ditching any mention of the party entirely is a strict interpretation…

MPs could also choose to celebrate their first anniversaries with Labour branding and non-IPSA funds. They’ve stayed away…

Labour sources say Miatta is personally ambitious what with her former high profile status as director of the leftist New Economics Foundation and political support of Ed Miliband. Who wants to be associated with Starmer in times like these…