Duffield: Anybody would be a better leader than Starmer

Another day, another Labour drama. Now it’s Independent MP Rosie Duffield making waves after giving a rather revealing interview to TalkTV. The animosity between the former Labour politician and the current party leader has spanned years, with public disagreements over women’s rights, policy decisions and sleaze scandals. Are there any circumstances in which the left-leaning politician would ever consider rejoining her old party? Well, maybe.

Speaking on TalkTV today, Duffield was quizzed by Talk’s Russell Quirk on her relationship with Labour.

RQ: What would you do, Rosie, though? Will you wait for Keir Starmer to be replaced, which I think is probably inevitable before the next general election and then find a way back? Or are you determined to carry on and then stand again as an independent?

RD: Do you know what? Honestly, I’m not talking political spin here, but I just don’t know yet. I mean, it’s four years away… I would really like to rejoin the Labour Party.