Jonathan Hinder proved once again last night that there are still some Labour MPs who retain a degree of common sense. The former police inspector has been a rare voice of reason in Sir Keir Starmer’s party, consistently railing against wokery and warning of the consequences of extreme DEI agendas.
While he is usually busy schooling his parliamentary colleagues on the matter, on Monday night he decided to deliver a lesson to BBC Newsnight as well. After urging fellow backbenchers to consider ‘are we for working class people or are we obsessed with middle class hobby horses’, he was asked by host Victoria Derbyshire to give an example of such a middle-class preoccupation.
Hinder responded that there ‘are all sorts’ but, before he could even finish his sentence, was repeatedly pressed to list ‘just one’. All too happy to comply, Hinder replied: ‘Look at was going on in parliament today. We had dozens of Labour MPs standing up to talk about how they didn’t like the law, which says men can’t go in women’s changing rooms. Dozens. Today.’
Having seemingly stunned Derbyshire into silence by using the term ‘man’ rather than ‘trans woman’, Hinder continued: ‘There are a lot of problems this country faces and I’m sorry to say that Labour is not meeting the moment.’ The MP for Pendle and Clitheroe went on to warn that, if the party doesn’t get its act together over the summer, ‘we’re going to die’.
Stirring words. Though Mr S isn’t holding his breath that many in the PLP are listening…
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