Labour calls for investigation over allegations Andrea Jenkyns was bribed to join Reform

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1. “In the letter – Reeves referenced the interview from Andrew Marr’s programme last week – where she did not deny a bribe had been offered, saying: “It was one of their donors and I turned it down. That’s in the past.”

   Dame Andrea said: “They said, I tried to bribe him. God knows how I tried to bribe him.

   “It was actually one of their party donors who tried to bribe me with an £80,000 job.

   “And as you’ll also see in the public domain, they tried to do with Lee Anderson.”

   Reform MP Lee Anderson, who used to be Conservative party chairman, previously made a similar claim.

   In November 2023, he said he was offered a job for five years on a £80,000 salary if he defected to Reform.

   This letter follows one last week by Reeves where she urged Greenberg to look into the claims from Anderson.

   “The fact that two individuals have made separate allegations that Reform UK offered them money in order to defect, it is extremely concerning and I urge any investigations that you undertake into the claims made by Lee Anderson MP… be expanded to include these fresh revelations.”

2. When donors give money to politicians that aren’t in labour they want an investigation 😂

3. Nothing burger. Offering a job is not a bribe. Was Sue Gray bribed when offered a job for Labour?

4. > Andrea Jenkyns, who announced she was joining Nigel Farage’s party yesterday, told LBC on election night that she was offered a “bribe”.

   Getting their money’s worth with her already…

5. The sus new accounts in to defend this are already here I see…

6. This should definitely be investigated, but the grandstanding is a little frustrating as most, if not all, British political parties, seem to take bribes in less explicit forms. There needs to be a broad political reset IMO as its systemic.

7. Surprised one of their MPs didn’t threaten to lamp her if she didn’t join, he has form

8. To be honest I am not sure why Labour are commenting at all about this.

   Everyone (with any sense) knows what Reform are all about and that this is just par for the course, and frankly if the loathsome ‘Brexit was a brilliant idea’ Andrea Jenkins has been ‘bought’ by them – well great!

   That will mean a few more crusty old Brexit supporting Conservatives moving over to supporting Reform, which keeps the right wing vote nicely split between the Conservatives and Reform, all to the benefit of Labour.

9. Pass legislation that defecting automatically triggers a by-election, well overdue really. I know some will argue you vote for the candidate, not the party but I think in a GE that’s not true.

10. Cheerio obviously this sub reddit is full of irrational left. See you in 5 years when you can admire your work of bringing the right into power.

    Enjoy.

11. If I listen to her speak for too long I feel my (already low) IQ drop a few more points

12. …allegations *made by Andrea Jenkyns*

    > Dame Andrea said: “They said, I tried to bribe him. God knows how I tried to bribe him. It was actually one of their party donors who tried to bribe me with an £80,000 job.”

13. While suspicious, it seems like a bribe wrapped in a job offer. I don’t agree with it, but she’s wouldn’t be the first or last MP to accept a 2nd job they probably shouldn’t. This is exactly why MPs shouldn’t be allowed to have second jobs and Labour said pre-election that they would clamp down on this, and repeated this intent when Stephen Flynn attempted to be both an MSP and MP at the same time.

    I would have expected something to materialise by now, especially since they were a government-in-waiting for months. They should have had something drafted up by now but haven’t. It seems they’re more willing to cry about it than actually do something about it.

14. Andrea has always been batshit and at the extreme right of the Tory party. I’m surprised it took her this long to jump; I thought she would have gone with 30p Lee.

15. bet if she was bribed to join Labour then they wouldn’t have cared. Hypocrite Starmer needs to resign.

16. Accuse your opponent of which you are guilty.

    Labour are obviously just deflecting because they are in free fall right now and need to take some attention away.

17. It’s the same as the parties offering freebies to the electorate to get their votes. On my list of priorities of political issues this is near the bottom. At the top of my list is lying to get elected followed by bribing the electorate to get elected and lying while in office.

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