By Liz S

“Whip restored to suspended Labour MP Leishman”

As if that is news that was not expected at some point.

He , Leishman, was said to be one of four Labour MP’s who have had their suspension lifted after a discussions with the chief whip Jonathan Reynolds on the previous Friday .

So Brian Leishman , formerly a supposed Labour rebel with a cause, has now promised to become a good boy , so I assume he has also promised the Labour Chief Whip that he, Brian Leishman, will be a rebel no more ?

On social media Leishman wrote:

“People can rest assured that I will continue to fight for my constituents’ interests and to improve living standards. This Labour government must change course and govern by real Labour Party values. That’s what I’ll fight for.”

Brian also wrote on social media “Good to be back in the Parliamentary Labour Party”.

Is it really ?

The same “parliamentary Labour party” that is led by Sir Keir Starmer who Brian previously said had betrayed the people within his constituency in Grangemouth…..does Brian think that we and his constituents are so daft that we do not think this all seems a bit iffy ?

Come on Brian do you expect us to believe that the whip has been restored to you on the basis that you will “continue to fight” and that you will do so by ensuring this Labour government “must change course” and who believes there is such a thing as “real Labour values” ?

Why would a political party restore the whip to an MP unless they , as a party, were confident, via assurances from that MP, that they as an MP would not misbehave or rebel in the future….. as he or she did previously ?

If Leishman is “happy” to be “back in the Labour party” then he is not the right MP for his constituency and also it confirms that his former rebelling and criticism of his party was more out of necessity to try and keep his own credibility (and job) with his constituents than any real act of rebelling on their behalf.

Unfortunately for Brian he returns to the fold at a time when the fold itself appears to be folding….as Labour are polling very badly in Scotland and also in the rest of the UK as well………

So will Brian now be out canvassing for the Labour party in their Scottish election campaign next year………probably.

Well timing is everything and now that Brian’s suspension has been lifted , it is just in time for next year’s Scottish elections.

So it does seem a tad tactical , as a show of (contrived) public display of there being a supposed real party ‘unity’ within the Labour party in Scotland…….not buying it really.

As it is obviously as fake as the Labour party itself is fake…….

Liz S

The headline is mine. I may have gone a bit far. Blame the Velvet Underground.