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Giving new meaning to "Does your mother know that you are out?" Thanks to my daughter Hanna for an amazing night at @ABBAVoyage
Caroline Flint
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Caroline Flint
@CarolineFlint
First woman MP for Don Valley (97-19). Mum, wife, feminist. Labour, film goer and love a scotch egg. Not always in that order.
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- In 2020 to question & seek removal of public statues is ok. But a small group deciding they can destroy & deface them is not. Churchill worked with Clement Attlee to stop Hitler's Nazis. Defacing this statue is an insult and does nothing to tackle racism today.
- The Letwin Amendment was a result of the Benn Act not expecting a UK/EU WA Deal back today thereby triggering an extension to 31 Jan. This was a panic measure to reinsert the 3 month delay for one reason only to thwart a deal.The public want an orderly Brexit this doesn’t help.
- We’re going to hear the Corbynistas blame it on Brexit and the Labour Uber Remainers blaming Corbyn. Both are to blame for what looks like a terrible night for Labour. Both have taken for granted Labour’s heartlands. Sorry we couldn’t offer you a Labour Party you could trust.
- The Tories have set a trap and every potential Labour Leader has walked into it by voting against the Bill to Leave the EU. Still not listening.
- Labour in danger of overturning an election promise to respect the 2016 Referendum result. We can’t ignore millions of Labour Leave voters. There are Labour MPs like me who will not support a second ref. @jeremycorbyn give us a free vote so Labour MPs can keep their promises
- I have never been more convinced that a UK/EU deal to ensure an orderly Brexit is the right way forward. Then the healing can start.. thetimes.co.uk/article/brexit…
- Office cleared. Keys handed in. Thanks to my staff. Doncaster still home. The end .....and a new beginning.
- Not worthy of you. But a good example of the elitist attitudes & insults metered out by those who want to stop Brexit. My conviction is that I respect democracy and a deal is preferable to no deal. There’s no career advantage in this. Shame on you.Replying to @kerseydog1Sadly she’s become a tame delegate..her local voters will turn when consequences of this Brexit deal are realised. In the end MPs who stand by their convictions are rewarded and respected.
- Labour cannot simply be a party of big cities and university towns. Nor just a party of the young. Or a party of devoted Remainers. We must be a party of labour. A party close to working class people. People we haven’t listened to or respected enough.After losing her Don Valley seat, which she held for 22 years, an emotional Caroline Flint said: “What is the point of the Labour party if we don't respect and represent those (working class) voices?" bbc.in/2EagMqz #ge2019 #bbcelection @BBCLookNorth
00:00 - As a Labour member there were lots of reasons to not retweet the Maxine Peake interview. Among them appearing to blame the voters for not voting Labour.
- If the Bill had gone through they would have been the Law. End of. Maybe you ought to ask Starmer and others why they didn’t secure a deal when it was on the table? You reap what you sow. The People’s Vote Campaign gambled on all or nothing. You’ve got nothing.We’ve heard a lot from @CarolineFlintMP recently but perhaps she’d like to tell us how her “legally binding guarantees” are working out.
- We lost 59 seats but we’ve got Putney and Canterbury. With all due respect to those Labour MPs it wasn’t worth it..@CarolineFlintMP has pointed the finger at Labour's 'ardent Remainers' Keir Starmer, Emily Thornberry, Hilary Benn and Yvette Cooper as a big factor in why the party lost 59 seats in the general election. #Ridge For more, head here: po.st/0YGW4W
00:00 - I said on #marr that 40 plus @UKLabour seats could be lost. To be precise polls show 48 seats lost to Brexit Party, just 4 to Libdems. Including every seat in Sunderland, Barnsley, Wolverhampton & Stoke plus rock solid Labour seats represented by @Ed_Miliband & @YvetteCooperMP
