Louisa Wall didn’t leave Labour, Labour left Louisa Wall
Labour MP Louisa Wall resigns from Parliament
Labour MP Louisa Wall has announced she’s retiring from politics after 14 years in Parliament.
Louisa Wall didn’t leave Labour, Labour left Louisa Wall.
The Left don’t reward talent, they reward unquestioning loyalty and subservience.
Louisa Wall was never subservient.
She came into politics with a strong Left wing belief system and a desire to do actual change.
That had her offside with Labour mandarins, MPs who think for themselves are considered dangerous on the Left.
The exact same dynamics have been at play over the amount of time it took for Labour to finally endorse Efeso Collins for Mayor.
The Left hates talent and rewards subservience, Wall’s refusal to shut up on issues that mattered meant she was always doomed to be pushed out until a better drone could be found to replace her with.
I think Labour will be very nervous at her valedictory speech.
Don’t hold back Louisa.
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Louisa Wall has done well to carve out a career for herself as a Labour politician. She is, in a sense, the last of the Mohicans. Controversial at times, with a strong head on her shoulders, it is rather unfortunate timing being in the middle of a global pandemic but my unreserved best wishes for Louisa’s future.
Your politics are not mine Martyn but I could not agree with you more on this post. Louisa actually made a difference unlike most of the seat warmers who are in Parliament
The first off the sinking ship.
A few Labour MPs reading the list rankings will be donning life jackets and edging to the exits.
Ben what a dumb comment. I liked Louisa and wished she had contributed more in parliament in her 14 years especially her last 3 years. She had plenty of opportunities in those 14 years and did a lot to recognise the LGBGTQ movement. She wont be a big loss to Labour in that the replacement list member may be better – unlike Bridges and the other 20 Tories who were thrown out of parliament in last 5 years. The NATZ dirty politics brigade is trying to beat up this event and mobilise the right wing – Ben and Tene Paoa the hori tory seems to have responded accordingly.
A number of years back as a select committee member deciding whether there should be a review into PHARMAC I thought she was disappointing at best.
That shows you how nasty the “socialists” can be to their own. Absolutely no different to the right wing.
Labour is centre right, no lefties in this strongly neo lib outfit.
Labour and NZ lost. She was a politican with conviction. One of a very few.
I am confused when any commentor describes The Zealand Labour Party as the left. The NZLP parted ways with the left in the early ’80s. Surely? The Labour Party also left Jim Anderson. I am sure it is habit and lazyness that leads pundits to describe NZLP left. Politics isn’t a game of opposites anymore.