Owen Jones quits Labour Party and endorses Greens in England

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JOURNALIST Owen Jones has said he has quit the Labour Party and endorsed the Greens in England...

In a post on Twitter/X, he said people deserved better than “the race to the bottom between Labour and thein England, or for an independent “unless you’ve still got a Labour MP who offers an actual alternative to the catastrophic Tory policies which have brought this country to the edge of ruin”.We deserve better than the race to the bottom between Labour and the Tories.

"Diane Abbott, Britain’s first Black female MP, was suspended after immediately apologising for an Observer letter in which she argued that Irish, Jewish and Traveller people are not subject to racism 'all their lives'. Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.

 

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