Wen<p>A peon to Margaret Becket, hypocrite of the old order</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/13/we-had-money-it-was-brilliant-margaret-hodge-on-labour-governments-life-as-a-migrant-and-quitting-as-an-mp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/may/13/we-had-money-it-was-brilliant-margaret-hodge-on-labour-governments-life-as-a-migrant-and-quitting-as-an-mp</span></a></p><p>I notice her support for the Labour party, her truly appalling behaviour as a council leader in Islington, hiding and then excusing child abuse, her record on education and much much more are mentioned but never questioned. Never has the term hagiography been better deserved.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Becket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Becket</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LabourHypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourHypocrisy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BestRid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BestRid</span></a></p>