DEATH CULT 196

We know the identity of the 291 Labour MPs who backed Tonia Antoniazzi's depraved abortion amendment and we also know the 224 who backed Kim Leadbeater's euthanasia bill last week.  We have now compiled the list of 196 MPs who backed both pieces of legislation, including 13 Scottish Labour MPs - despite the fact neither statute would apply in Scotland.

These are the members of Labour's Westminster death cult...

Jack Abbott (Ipswich)
Luke Akehurst (North Durham)
Sadik Al-Hassan (North Somerset)
Dan Aldridge (Weston-super-Mare)
Heidi Alexander (Swindon South)
Callum Anderson (Buckingham & Bletchley)
Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower)
Jas Athwal (Ilford South)
Lewis Atkinson (Sunderland Central)
Alex Ballinger (Halesowen)
Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree)
Alex Barros-Curtis (Cardiff West)
Danny Beales (Uxbridge & South Ruislip)
Lorraine Beavers (Blackpool North & Fleetwood)
Torsten Bell (Swansea West)
Hilary Benn (Leeds South)
Clive Betts, (Sheffield South East)
Matt Bishop (Forest of Dean)
Olivia Blake (Sheffield Hallam)
Rachel Blake (Cities of London & Westminster)
Chris Bloore (Redditch)
Kevin Bonavia (Stevenage)
Jade Botterill (Ossett & Denby Dale)
Jonathan Brash (Hartlepool)
Phil Brickell (Bolton West)
Julia Buckley (Shrewsbury)
Maureen Burke (Glasgow North East) - neither the End of Life Bill or the abortion amendment apply to Scotland
David Burton-Sampson (Southend West & Leigh)
Ruth Cadbury (Brentford & Isleworth)
Irene Campbell (North Ayrshire & Arran) - neither piece of legislation would apply to Scotland
Sam Carling (North West Cambridgeshire)
Alistair Carns (Birmingham Selly Oak)
Sarah Champion (Rotherham)
Luke Charters (York Outer)
Jacob Collie (Burton & Uttoxeter)
Lizzi Collinge (Morecambe & Lunesdale)
Sarah Coombes (West Bromwich)
Andrew Cooper (Mid Cheshire)
Beccy Cooper (Worthing West)
Deirdre Costigan (Ealing Southall)
Pam Cox (Colchester)
Stella Creasy (Walthamstow)
Chris Curtis (Milton Keynes North)
Janet Daby (Lewisham East)
Nicholas Dakin (Scunthorpe)
Emily Darlington (Milton Keynes Central)
Alex Davies-Jones (Pontypridd)
Paul Davies (Colne Valley)
Josh Dean (Hertford & Stortford)
Kate Dearden (Halifax)
Jim Dickson (Dartford)
Samantha Dixon (Chester North & Neston)
Helena Dollimore (Hastings & Rye)
Graham Downie (Dunfermline & Dollar) - neither piece of legislation would apply to Scotland
Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole)
Angela Eagle (Wallasey)
Cat Eccles (Stourbridge)
Lauren Edwards (Rochester & Strood)
Damien Egan (Bristol North East)
Chris Elmore (Bridgend)
Hamish Falconer (Lincoln)
Mark Ferguson (Gateshead Central & Whickham)
Natalie Fleet (Bolsover)
Emma Foody (Cramlington & Killingworth)
Catherine Fookes (Monmouthshire)
Anna Gelderd (South East Cornwall)
Alan Gemmell (Central Ayrshire) - neither piece of legislation would apply to Scotland
Gill German (Clwyd North)
Tracy Gilbert (Edinburgh North and Leith) - neither piece of legislation would apply to Scotland
Becky Gittins (Clwyd East)
Jodie Gosling (Nuneaton)
Georgia Gould (Queen's Park & Maida Vale)
Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South)
Louise Haigh (Sheffield Heeley)
Sarah Hall (Warrington South)
Lloyd Hatton (South Dorset)
Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East)
Claire Hazelgrove (Filton & Bradley Stoke)
John Healey (Rawmarsh & Conisbrough)
Rachel Hopkins (Luton South & South Bedfordshire)
Claire Hughes (Bangor Aberconwy)
Alison Hume (Scarborough & Whitby)
Leigh Ingham (Stafford)
Natasha Irons (Croydon East)
Terry Jermy (South West Norfolk)
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North & Cottingham)
Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil & Aberdare)
Louise Jones (North East Derbyshire)
Warinder Juss (Wolverhampton West)
Chris Kane (Stirling and Strathallan) - neither piece of legislation would apply to Scotland
Liz Kendall (Leicester West)
Stephen Kinnock (Aberafan Maesteg)
Jayne Kirkham (Truro & Falmouth)
Gen Kitchen (Wellingborough & Rushden)
Sonia Kumar (Dudley)
Peter Kyle (Hove & Portslade)
Laura Kyrke-Smith (Aylesbury)
Noah Law (St Austell & Newquay)
Kim Leadbeater (Spen Valley)
Andrew Lewin (Welwyn Hatfield)
Clive Lewis (Norwich South)
Simon Lightwood (Wakefield & Rothwell)
Josh MacAlister (Whitehaven & Workington)
Alice Macdonald (Norwich North)
Andy MacNae (Rossendale & Darwen)
Amanda Martin (Portsmouth North)
Keir Mather (Selby)
Alex Mayer (Dunstable & Leighton Buzzard)
Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East)
Alison McGovern (Birkenhead)
Kevin McKenna (Sittingbourne & Sheppey)
Anna McMorrin (Cardiff North)
Kirsty McNeill (Midlothian) - neither piece of legislation would apply to Scotland
Ed Miliband (Doncaster North)
Navendu Mishra (Stockport)
Perran Moon (Camborne & Redruth)
Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South)
Joe Morris (Hexham)
Luke Murphy (Basingstoke)
Chris Murray (Edinburgh East & Musselburgh) - neither piece of legislation would apply to Scotland
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South) - neither piece of legislation would apply to Scotland
James Murray (Ealing North)
Luke Myer (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland)
Connor Naismith (Crewe & Nantwich)
Samantha Niblett (South Derbyshire)
Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North)
Alex Norris (Nottingham North & Kimberley)
Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby & Cleethorpes)
Simon Opher (Stroud)
Kate Osborne (Jarrow & Gateshead East)
Tristan Osborne (Chatham & Aylesford)
Jon Pearce (High Peak)
Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich & Woolwich)
Jess Phillips (Birmingham Yardley)
Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East & the Isle of Axholme)
Joe Powell (Kensington & Bayswater)
Lucy Powell (Manchester Central)
Gregor Poynton (Livingston) - neither piece of legislation would apply to Scotland
Peter Prinsley (Bury St Edmunds & Stowmarket)
Steve Race (Exeter)
Andrew Ranger (Wrexham)
Steve Reed (Streatham & Croydon North)
Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West & East Dulwich)
Joani Reid (East Kilbride & Strathaven)  - neither piece of legislation would apply to Scotland
Jake Richards (Rother Valley)
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Suffolk Coastal)
Lucy Rigby (Northampton North)
Dave Robertson (Lichfield)
Tim Roca (Macclesfield)
Sarah Russell (Congleton)
Sarah Sackman (Finchley & Golders Green)
Jeevun Sandher (Loughborough)
Mark Sewards (Leeds South West & Morley)
Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead & Highgate)
Josh Simons (Makerfield)
Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith & Chiswick)
John Slinger (Rugby)
Cat Smith (Lancaster & Wyre)
Jeff Smith (Manchester Withington)
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent & Rhymney)
Karin Smyth (Bristol South)
Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Euan Stainbank (Falkirk)  - neither piece of legislation would apply to Scotland
Jo Stevens (Cardiff East)
Elaine Stewart (Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock) - neither piece of legislation would apply to Scotland
Will Stone (Swindon North)
Alistair Strathern (Hitchin)
Peter Swallow (Bracknell)
Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside)
David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead)
Rachel Taylor (North Warwickshire & Bedworth)
Gareth Thomas (Harrow West)
Adam Thompson (Erewash)
Emily Thornberry (Islington South & Finsbury)
Marie Tidball (Penistone & Stocksbridge)
Jessica Toale (Bournemouth West)
Henry Tufnell (Mid & South Pembrokeshire)
Matt Turmaine (Watford)
Harpreet Uppal (Huddersfield)
Tony Vaughan (Folkestone & Hythe)
Chris Vince (Harlow)
Christian Wakeford (Bury South)
Chris Ward (Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven)
Chris Webb (Blackpool South)
Michelle Welsh (Sherwood Forest)
Andrew Western (Stretford & Urmston)
Matt Western (Warwick & Leamington)
Michael Wheeler (Worsley & Eccles)
John Whitby (Derbyshire Dales)
Jo White (Bassetlaw)
Katie White (Leeds North West)
Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East)
Steve Witherden (Montgomeryshire & Glyndŵr)
Rosie Wrighting (Kettering)
Steve Yemm (Mansfield)
Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge)

TULIP CUT BACK - FOR NOW

The loss of Tulip Siddiq will hit Starmer personally

Imagine an anti-corruption minister being caught up in a corruption scandal.  Well, that's what happened to Labour's Tulip Siddiq last month, but rather than fall on her sword or get the boot, she limped on for almost a month - with the personal backing of Starmer himself.

Siddiq and her prominent Bangladeshi family are being investigated over claims they embezzled almost £4bn from a 2013 infrastructure deal between Bangladesh and Russia.  The prime minister of Bangladesh at that time was Sheikh Hasana, who is Siddiq's aunt.  There have also been questions around various properties in London used by Siddiq, that have either been given to her or are owned by supporters of her aunt's political party.  Supporters of her aunt's party - the Awami League - are also alleged to have aided Siddiq's election campaigns, referred to in a 2017 speech in which she declared: "I want to thank you because without your support, I would not have been able to win my seat."

Finally, in a now deleted statement from her website, Siddiq announced that she worked directly for the Awami League as part of its 'UK and EU lobbying unit' and 'election strategy team'.

It all stinks of that 'foreign interference' that Keir Starmer takes selective umbrage to.  However, like his globalist comrades in Gates and Blackrock, Two Tier makes an exception for Tulip Siddiq and her Bangladeshi helpers.

For Starmer, it is not just about tip-toeing around the Muslim community, for he and his wife are said to be personal friends of Siddiq, who is the MP for a neighbouring constituency.  This explains his totally different approach to his departing ministers, of which Siddiq is the second.  Louise Haigh was immediately told to clear her desk in November when her fraud conviction was revealed, and while Siddiq has not yet been found guilty, the fact that Starmer allowed such an untenable and absurd situation to unfold over the course of almost four weeks speaks volumes - as does his response to her resignation.

"I want to be clear that the door remains open for you going forward", were Starmer's closing words in a letter accepting her resignation.  In the event that Siddiq is cleared of wrongdoing, her front bench return appears extremely likely.

Starmer would perhaps be wise to put aside their friendship and heed the advice of Sir Laurie Magnus, the 'independent standards commissioner' who spent a paltry eight days investigating Siddiq after she referred herself to him last week.  This whirlwind probe was confined to a single allegation that Siddiq took ownership of a London flat from an Awami League supporter and lied about it.  Sir Laurie's three page report to the Prime Minister - of the UK (not Bangladesh) - absolved her of breaking the ministerial code, saying that the gift of the property was all a misunderstanding and she had 'inadvertently misled' the public.  However, he ended his report with this closing statement: "It is regrettable that she [Siddiq] wasn't more alert to the potential risks to her reputation and that of the government of her close family's links to Bangladesh.  You will want to consider her ongoing responsibilities in the light of this."

The old British phrase that ends with 'nine bob note' may well be aptly dedicated to the former 'anti-corruption minister', but we couldn't possibly put that in writing...

While Tulip maintains her innocence, there is clearly much more to this story that is yet to unfold.

Tulip Siddiq pictured with her aunt during a meeting at the Kremlin in 2013

An in depth analysis of the Awami League's assistance given to Siddiq can be found here.

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IN FOCUS: SHEFFIELD

The Steel City contains five Parliamentary constituencies inside its boundaries.  A sixth seat - Penistone and Stocksbridge - overlaps Sheffield and Barnsley, consisting of three council wards from each.  At the 2017 general election all six seats returned Labour MPs, but two of whom have since resigned from the party.

Population (2018 est):  582,506
City Council:  Labour, since 2011
Composition:  Labour (49 cllrs), Lib Dem (26), Green (8), Ind (1)
Ethnic make-up (2011):  white 88.1%, Asian 6.8%, black 2.5%, mixed 1.9%, other 0.7%
EU referendum:  51% Leave
Largest Parliamentary majority:  Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield, Lab) majority 27,748
Smallest Parliamentary majority:  Penistone & Stocksbridge (Angela Smith, Lib Dem*) majority 1,322

* Elected as a Labour MP

The 2017 general election turned Sheffield 100% red for the first time in history, having finally taken the seat of Hallam.  The Lib Dems had held Hallam for twenty years up to that point, before which it was a Conservative seat.  Hallam will be one to watch in the forthcoming election, as will Penistone & Stocksbridge.  The Lib Dems will look to retake Hallam and the Tories will have their eye on Penistone, although the presence of a Brexit Party candidate could prevent a Tory gain there.

Sheffield City Council was fought over by Labour and the Lib Dems for more than a decade before Labour took decisive control in 2011.  The Lib Dems remain the main opposition party and there are no Conservative councillors.

Sheffield is part of another layer of local government, the Sheffield City Region.  This is headed by an elected mayor - Labour's Dan Jarvis.  Jarvis is a controversial figure, having refused to give up his seat in Parliament when he took on the role.  This has led to him being called 'Two Jobs Jarvis'.  He will be defending his Barnsley Central seat again at the next election.

The city voted narrowly to Leave in 2016 and its constituencies are divided between strong Leave and strong Remain votes.  All the MPs elected in 2017 were Remainers.

Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough

Incumbent:  Gill Furniss (Lab), majority 19,143

Born:  Sheffield, 1957

First elected:  2016 (by-election)

Leave/Remain:  Remain, but voted to trigger Article 50

Notes:  Furniss is the widow of the previous MP Harry Harpham

Brightside & Hillsborough has been held by Labour since its creation in 2010

EU referendum:  60% Leave

General election 2017

Gill Furniss (Lab) 28,193 (67.3%) +10.8%
Michael Naughton (Con) 9,050 (21.6%) +10.6%
Shane Harper (UKIP) 2,645 (6.3%) -15.8%
Simon Clement-Jones (Lib Dem) 1,061 (2.5%) -2.0%
Christine Kubo (Green) 737 (1.8%) -2.5%
Mike Driver (Workers) 137 (0.3%) New
Muzafar Rahman (SDP) 47 (0.1%) New

BTLP general election prediction:  Lab HOLD

Sheffield Central

Incumbent:  Paul Blomfield (Lab), majority 27,748
Born:  Kent, 1953
First elected:  2010
Leave/Remain:  Remain, but voted to trigger Article 50
Notes:  Endorsed Owen Smith in the 2016 leadership challenge

Sheffield Central has been held by Labour since its creation in 1983

EU referendum:  68% Remain, strongest Remain seat in Sheffield

General election 2017

Paul Blomfield (Lab) 33,963 (70.9%) +15.9%
Stephanie Roe (Con) 6,215 (13.0%) +1.8%
Natalie Bennett (Green) 3,848 (8.0%) -7.8%
Shaffaq Mohammed (Lib Dem) 2,465 (5.1%) -4.5%
Dominic Cook (UKIP) 1,060 (2.2%) -5.2%
Jack Carrington (Yorkshire) 197 (0.4%) New
Rob Moran (Pirate) 91 (0.2%) New
Joe Westnidge (SDP) 38 (0.1%) New

BTLP general election prediction:  Lab HOLD

Sheffield Hallam

Incumbent:  Jared O'Mara (Ind), majority 2,125
Born:  Sheffield, 1981
First elected:  2017, as a Labour MP
Leave/Remain:  Remain
Notes:  O'Mara was not expected to win the seat and it was one of the biggest shocks on election night.  He suffers from various health problems including cerebral palsy.  He didn't make his maiden speech in the Commons until July 2018, more than a year after he was elected.  He was the final MP to do so.  He was suspended by Labour in October 2017 over misogynistic and homophobic comments, but the party announced in July 2018 that he would be reinstated.  However, he resigned from the party days later and clung onto his seat as an independent.  He will not stand in the forthcoming election.
Scandals:  Online comments, treatment of staff, Twitter hijack, sexual harassment, fraud arrest

Hallam has been held by Labour since 2017, before which it was held by the Lib Dems since 1997.  Between 1918 and 1997 the seat was held by the Conservatives.

EU referendum:  66% Remain

General election 2017

Jared O'Mara (Lab) 21,881 (38.4%) +2.6%
Nick Clegg (Lib Dem) 19,756 (34.7%) -5.3%
Ian Walker (Con) 13,561 (23.8%) +10.2%
John Thurley (UKIP) 929 (1.6%) -4.8%
Logan Robin (Green) 823 (1.4%) -1.8%
Steven Winstone (SDP) 70 (0.1%) New

BTLP general election prediction:  Lib Dem GAIN

Sheffield Heeley

Incumbent:  Louise Haigh (Lab), majority 13,828
Born:  Sheffield, 1987
First elected:  2015
Leave/Remain:  Remain, but voted to trigger Article 50
Notes:  Shadow Minister of State for Policing.  Endorsed Owen Smith in the 2016 leadership challenge.

Heeley has been held by Labour since 1974

EU referendum:  57% Leave

General election 2017

Louise Haigh (Lab) 26,524 (60.0%) +11.8%
Gordon Gregory (Con) 12,696 (28.7%) +12.6%
Joe Otten (Lib Dem) 2,022 (4.6%) -6.7%
Howard Denby (UKIP) 1,977 (4.5%) -12.9%
Declan Walsh (Green) 943 (2.1%) -4.0%
Jaspreet Oberoi (SDP) 64 (0.1%) New

BTLP general election prediction:  Lab HOLD

Sheffield South East

Incumbent:  Clive Betts (Lab), majority 11,798
Born:  Sheffield, 1950
First elected:  1992
Leave/Remain:  Remain, but voted to trigger Article 50
Notes:  Elected for Sheffield Attercliffe in 1992, his third attempt to enter Parliament.  Suspended from Parliament for seven days in 2003 over the Brazilian male escort scandal.  Endorsed Owen Smith in the 2016 leadership challenge.
Scandals:  Brazilian male escort visa, expenses scandal, McDonalds trip

Sheffield South East has been held by Labour since its creation in 2010.  Its predecessor seat (Sheffield Attercliffe) was held by Labour from 1935.

EU referendum:  66% Leave, strongest Leave seat in Sheffield

General election 2017

Clive Betts (Lab) 25,520 (58.5%) +7.1%
Lindsey Cawrey (Con) 13,722 (31.5%) +14.1%
Dennise Dawson (UKIP) 2,820 (6.5%) -15.4%
Colin Ross (Lib Dem) 1,432 (3.3%) -2.1%
Ishleen Oberoi (SDP) 102 (0.2%) New

BTLP general election prediction:  Lab HOLD

Penistone & Stocksbridge

Incumbent:  Angela Smith (Lib Dem), majority 1,322
Born:  Grimsby, 1961
First elected:  2005, as a Labour MP
Leave/Remain:  Remain, abstained in the vote on triggering Article 50
Notes:  She represented Sheffield Hillsborough from 2005 until it was abolished in the 2010 boundary changes, after which she switched to the new seat of Penistone & Stocksbridge.  A vocal opponent of Jeremy Corbyn, she endorsed Owen Smith in the 2016 leadership election.  In February 2019 she quit Labour along with six other MPs and was a founder member of Change UK.  In September she joined the Liberal Democrats, but will contest Altrincham & Sale West in Cheshire at the next election.
Scandals:  Expenses scandal, funny tinge

Penistone & Stocksbridge was held by Labour from its creation in 2010.  The seat of Penistone on which its boundaries are similar was held by Labour from 1935 to its abolition in 1983.

EU referendum:  61% Leave

General election 2017

Angela Smith (Lab) 22,807 (45.8%) +3.8%
Nicola Wilson (Con) 21,485 (43.2%) +15.5%
John Booker (UKIP) 3,453 (6.9%) -16.0%
Penny Baker (Lib Dem) 2,042 (4.1%) - 2.2%

BTLP general election prediction:  Con GAIN

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