tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post7744904531425754001..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Gisela Stuart Sinecure SLAMMEDTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-45130880007146575622018-09-30T10:50:11.485+01:002018-09-30T10:50:11.485+01:00I live in Selly Oak, Birmingham. We had a Labour M...I live in Selly Oak, Birmingham. We had a Labour MP from 1992, the excellent Lynne Jones. So in 1997 we were 'twinned' with Hall Green and I went there to work. One visit convinced me it was the most sulphurous, unpleasant campaign I'd ever encountered in the Labour Party, largely due to one, thankfully short-lived, full-timer. I'm two hundred yards from the Edgbaston boundary. So I went there, to work for Gisela Stuart. And it was a lovely campaign, welcoming, unfailingly pleasant, positive. I was given proper work to do and thanked for doing it. And that good homour came from the top. Gisela was delightful and incredibly hard-working, a joy to work for. We were a very long way apart in the broad church of the Labour Party but it was really, really good to see her elected. I carried on working for Gisela until 2010 and every time it was the same: some of the nicest campaigns I'd ever worked in (and, alas, I go back to 1970). She went down well in Birmingham, symbolised by the fact that Brummies, who are Anglo-Saxons at heart, pronounced her name correctly from the first day, while metropolitan commentators were trying to say "jee-sella" or the like.<br /><br />I don't know why Gisela supported Leave, and even more why she appeared on the same platforms as Boris Johnson and Gove. But I'd like this experience recorded, when people are calling her all kind of names.Andy Fosternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-37006753059173041012018-09-29T13:40:45.217+01:002018-09-29T13:40:45.217+01:00And isn't she New Labour...........?
You know...And isn't she New Labour...........?<br /><br />You know, like Geoff "Gun For Hire/Frankly Wants To Make Money" Hoon and Jack "PR Firm £60,000 per annum" Straw.<br /><br />What a coincidence.<br /><br />Yes, that'll be it......a coincidence. There's no other explanation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-65492418984619831202018-09-29T13:09:03.303+01:002018-09-29T13:09:03.303+01:00Obvious choice for a global job. Come Brexit, Frau...Obvious choice for a global job. Come Brexit, Frau Stuart will have fewer visa problems than us mere mortalsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-42127427030442626742018-09-29T12:55:51.084+01:002018-09-29T12:55:51.084+01:00She is one of the 'characters' who fronted...She is one of the 'characters' who fronted up a bare faced lie (£350 million) coupled with a false promise (it can all go to the NHS) on the big red bus. That such characters are still in positions of national influence is immensely worrying. This applies whether we are a member or not of our local trading bloc.Rich Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16186882624239359276noreply@blogger.com