What would Labour supporters say if Theresa May did this?
Whatever you may think of Theresa May's appointments to the government, none of the people she has appointed have convictions for outright electoral fraud, not even the ones who supported that silly slogan on the side of a bus.
Jeremy Corbyn cannot say the same.
He has appointed Marsha-Jane Thompson to a post in his office with the title campaign manager for the Labour Party.
Thompson pleaded guilty to nineteen specimen charges of using a false instrument, contrary to the 1981 Fraud and Counterfeiting Act, and one count of false accounting under the 1968 Theft Act, by submitting bogus voter registration forms, complete with forged signatures, to the electoral registration office of the London Borough of Newham while employed by that council.
Newham council’s chief internal auditor, told the court:
“We managed to stop what could have been an extremely serious situation involving potentially false information getting on to the electoral register. We take fraud extremely seriously and will not hesitate to prosecute anyone who defrauds the council.”
Thompson was convicted under the name Marsha Thompson and sentenced to 100 hours’ community service.
You can read the details here.
To anyone reading this who is even considering voting Labour while Jeremy Corbyn remains leader and has an ounce of integrity I would ask this question:
What would you say and think if Theresa May appointed someone with that sort of blot on her CV to a campaigning role in the Conservative party?
Jeremy Corbyn cannot say the same.
He has appointed Marsha-Jane Thompson to a post in his office with the title campaign manager for the Labour Party.
Thompson pleaded guilty to nineteen specimen charges of using a false instrument, contrary to the 1981 Fraud and Counterfeiting Act, and one count of false accounting under the 1968 Theft Act, by submitting bogus voter registration forms, complete with forged signatures, to the electoral registration office of the London Borough of Newham while employed by that council.
Newham council’s chief internal auditor, told the court:
“We managed to stop what could have been an extremely serious situation involving potentially false information getting on to the electoral register. We take fraud extremely seriously and will not hesitate to prosecute anyone who defrauds the council.”
Thompson was convicted under the name Marsha Thompson and sentenced to 100 hours’ community service.
You can read the details here.
To anyone reading this who is even considering voting Labour while Jeremy Corbyn remains leader and has an ounce of integrity I would ask this question:
What would you say and think if Theresa May appointed someone with that sort of blot on her CV to a campaigning role in the Conservative party?
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