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Labour MP demands ‘free movement for all’

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New year, old Labour. As 2021 draws to a close and Keir Starmer’s managers seek to establish Labour as A Very Serious Party again, it’s good to be reminded of some of the talent found on his backbenches. The Corbyn era may be over but Jezza’s children remain, still sitting in the Commons, the legacy of a dozen different local selection squabbles. One of them is 25-year-old vegan socialist Nadia Whittome, who since her election in 2019 has used savvy social media skills to launch herself as a sort of ersatz Dawn Butler – like Zarah Sultana, without the comebacks.

Like many of her brethren in the Socialist Campaign Group, Whittome has quickly become adept at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. She was the one who found out last year live on Peston that she’d been sacked as a parliamentary aide for voting against the Overseas Operations Bill – what a way to go. And

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