From Rt Hon Gisela Stuart MP
Q. I keep getting into arguments with people about what being a Labour MP is all about. I used to think that being in government was better than being in opposition. They now tell me I’m wrong and that the years since 2010 have been better and purer than the flawed years from 1997 to 2010. Help. Are they right and am I wrong?
A. As a Roman Catholic German Brexiteer Labour MP for a Birmingham constituency, you should have grown used to being in a minority. If you would rather be in power than out of it, the obvious solution is to switch sides and join the Conservative benches. I have it on good authority that they would be pleased to welcome you — other, that is, than those low-church Remainers who are suspicious of Germans and prefer to avoid all things Brummie.
From Ed Balls
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