Umunna walks in; Corbyn walks out – of a PARTY LEADERS’ meeting, not one of company executives
“I’ll get my coat”: Jeremy Corbyn walked out of a meeting of party leaders when Chuka Umunna and Anna Soubry, who are representatives of a private company calling itself The Independent Group, attended.
Malcontents in the mainstream media are making much of the fact that Theresa May held a meeting of UK political party leaders at around 6pm today (March 20) – and Jeremy Corbyn walked out when Chuka Umunna and Anna Soubry walked in.
The simple fact is that neither Mr Umunna nor Ms Soubry are party leaders, so they had no right to be at such a meeting. They are representatives of a commercial organisation masquerading as a political entity, nothing more.
Mr Corbyn was right to leave. One has to question Mrs May’s intentions in inviting the Independent Group representatives. She knew Mr Corbyn had called for a meeting earlier in the day but she managed to find a way to renege on it.
She really is despicable, isn’t she? No wonder Twitter is full of posts under the #MayMustGo hashtag.
The storm unfolded on Twitter – but not in the way the Establishment and MSM creeps wanted:
NEW: Understand Jeremy Corbyn refused to join meeting with opposition leaders because Chuka Umunna was there. “He’s not a proper party leader”. Corbyn walked out.
— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) March 20, 2019
Corbyn shouldn't have walked out, purely because the optics are bad. Personally I think the meeting with May is a total waste of time and a desperate PR exercise on her part which will resolve nothing, but there we go.
— Owen Jones (@OwenJones84) March 20, 2019
Well done Jeremy Corbyn. He walked out of a *party leaders* meeting with May when Soubry and Umunna (not party leaders) were there. Just another PR trick by May, kudos to Jeremy for not letting May play him for a mug.
— Devutopia (@D_Raval) March 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/barryoleary77/status/1108457763653517312
LATEST: On Corbyn walk-out over @ChukaUmunna’s attendance at PM meeting, Labour spokes says:
“It was not the meeting that had been agreed and the terms were broken. We are in discussions with Number 10 about holding the bilateral meeting with the PM that Jeremy proposed at PMQs”
— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) March 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/MikeH_PR/status/1108456346385596417
Chuka Umunna represents NO one it is NOT a party, he had no right to be at the meeting and she was totally and utterly unprofessional asking him, that was an insult to the labour leader HOW DARE SHE.. the woman is stupid. https://t.co/IuMcStsBDr
— Isobel_Waby we NEED a COALITION (@Isobel_waby) March 20, 2019
Chuka is part of a squatting Private Company – not a party! No 'technically' about it! #MayMustGo She can move out now and appeal later!
#GetTheToriesOut #GeneralElectionNow #JC4PM https://t.co/qEUG4dYE1E— TracieWaylingArtASMR (@traciewayling) March 20, 2019
Mrs May was due to make a statement in Downing Street – and members of the public were all over that, too:
https://twitter.com/JoanSmi54744685/status/1108422932534046720
https://twitter.com/tommurrays/status/1108453946862026753
We're all waiting for the speech – is she going to call a #GeneralElectionNow? Is she going to resign?
Don't get excited, it'll be another round of her pleading to the public, even though we have no more say in the matter, only MP's do…#MayMustGo pic.twitter.com/9RG6VQ2FGP
— Damien Willey 🟢 🔴 (@KernowDamo) March 20, 2019
POSTSCRIPT, 8.42pm: Theresa May has just made her statement and it contained absolutely nothing but vitriol against Parliament for frustrating her in her bid to get her duff deal passed, and a claim that she knows what people want. They want her to resign. She let them down again.
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Unfortunately everything went according to plan as far as May was concerned.
Pathetically transparent move by May to set up a “See what I have to deal with? – poor me” excuse. (Remember SHE invited TINGE PLC)
Also an obvious precursor to “I’ve tried my best for the people but I have to resign because MP’s wont listen to me” – leading to the Remain result that she wanted all along.
Pathetic.
Despicable yes,that word sums it all up for her . . .
deliberately inviting so-called TIG ( traitors) to this meeting..
She just doesn’t want to hear what JC has to say about his version of leaving with a deal. . Yes Despicable …..
I suspect that the whole purpose of this meeting was just another nasty Tory “divide and rule” tactic.