Labour Party plans “too little, too late”
Plans for a “Labour Party of England” as suggested by left-wing MP Jon
Cruddas are “too little, too late” , said UKIP North East MEP Jonathan
Arnott.
“This is a patronising approach by Labour to millions who deserted them
at last month’s General Election to vote for UKIP. It comes as no surprise, when
UKIP took 17% of the vote in the North East, our best result anywhere in the
country.”
Mr Cruddas has indicated to Daily Telegraph journalist Mary Riddell that
Labour would be looking to replicate its Scottish Labour and Welsh Labour
offshoots with the new English-only group soon, saying: “We are going to do it…
it will be imminent.”
Mr Arnott, North East MEP said, “Labour was shell shocked to lose an
election they thought they had in the bag when voters they have long taken for
granted turned to UKIP instead. But Labour will still be run by and for a
Hampstead London elite. Listening to people shouldn’t be about gimmicks but
policies, and Labour clearly opposes English votes for English laws.
“Even Andy Burnham has admitted
today that Labour only really like posh people. The
British people have realised that, and are looking for a common-sense
alternative, which is one of the reasons so many are turning to
UKIP.”
