The Dartford Warbler - Anna Turley MP
Anna Turley (40) is hoping to retain
her parliamentary seat of Redcar in the forthcoming general election on 12
December. Turley has been the Member of Parliament for Redcar since 2015.
A former Home Office civil servant from Dartford in Kent, Turley was elected
to stand in the Redcar constituency in 2013, from an all-women shortlist.
Three years ago she made the headlines after calling Unite
general secretary, Len McCluskey, an 'arsehole' on twitter. Turley has
now made the headlines because she's suing Unite over an article published on
Skwawkbox that related to an application she made for union membership. She's
also suing Stephen Walker, a journalist who writes, edits, and publishes Skwawkbox,
and says that Unite also misused her private information. Unite and Walker are
fighting the case at a High Court trial in central London.
Yesterday, Anthony Hudson QC, who
represents Unite, told Mr. Justice Nicklin that Turley had been dishonest and
'regrettably' was "not fit to be an MP." He added: "Turley's
dishonesty permeates through every part of the case."
The court was also told that Turley had
wanted to join a trade union with the ultimate aim of ousting her own party
leader Jeremy Corbyn and had links to a WhatsApp group opposing Corbyn. The
court was also told that she had broken the rules when applying to join the
union at the reduced rate of 50p a week.
The trial is due to last several days
with lawyers outlining their case to the Judge.
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