INCREASED SPECULATION ON ANN KEEN DESELECTION CHALLENGE Local MP gets vote of confidence from man tipped to succeed her as Labour promises to do more in Chiswick where it is described as being "as popular as foot and mouth."
A report in this week's Hounslow Chronicle by Bernard Ginns highlights an increasing rift in the local Labour party. A magazine called View-points produced by party members voices severe criticism of local MP Ann Keen and suggests she may struggle to be re-selected as constituency MP next year. Disgruntled party members reportedly accuse her of intolerance and being destructive. Her Brentford and Isleworth seat was held easily at the last general election but in the recent Council elections the Labour party did disastrously badly in Chiswick which represents over a third of the constituency and also performed poorly in previous strongholds of Brentford and Isleworth. Former Labour Councillor Tristan Bunnell who was defeated when standing for a Chiswick ward was quoted as saying, "We were about as popular as foot and mouth. The Labour party has lost all credibility in this end of the borough." The
article in View-points, penned under the name
Lambton Watch, claimed that Ann Keen would
have a difficult time being reselected next
year saying, "This is because she has
alienated many of her previous previous supporters
whose crimes have been to support Ken Livingstone,
question government policies or suggest ways
she could improve her performance as an MP."
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