I believe [Watson's] relationship with [GMB female offical] started before he jumped onboard the GMB gravy train. On Wednesday, Lilian – or Lil – gave her first televised interview without her beloved sibling, the morning after the UK hit the tragic milestone of 100,000 Covid deaths. If you cannot give that commitment, why not? I suppose the first question is whether you are supporting misogyny and bullying in your Party despite your lawyerly posturing and thus in a position to comment? THIS IS NOT A PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION. The whole thing smacks of the usual “lessons have been learnt” guff and the can of reform has been kicked down the road. GMB Union Investigation Findings. “Our thoughts go out to all the families who have experienced a loss through Covid, and we urge people to take this seriously. Lord Sugar was not impressed with what Piers Morgan had to say and lashed out at the GMB presenter on All details on the site celebsbar.com Piers Morgan branded a 'bully and coward' by Alan Sugar after airing 'personal grudges' on GMB Last News We work to further women's rights at … WATCH: Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid pay tribute to beloved GMB guest Doris Hobday. I think that perhaps you know this but that, like everything between us, you understand. Perhaps you can use your influence to have them respond? To my sister, I don't say it enough, and I don't think I ever possibly could, but I love you. Twin sister Lil is out of hospital and is now recovering at home. A statement issued in early January said the twins were “both in shock” after testing positive despite being “inside for most of 2020, sticking to all the rules and being careful”. Part One - Is the GMB Union a fit and proper organisation to be associated with The Labour Party? Ask her what happened at a funeral some time afterwards? There's no bringing her back.”, Asked by GMB co-host Susanna Reid what she missed about her sister, Lil replied: “There was only me and her for how many years.”. Upon receipt of the Monaghan Report (which did not report on the allegations of serious criminality) the GMB Union claimed that it had taken the recommendations on board and would change its atrocious behaviour. Do you think that a Union ripping off members £164.40 a year to pay for all this is remotely acceptable and should Labour continue to take a cut of members’ dues until the “fundamental reform” has actually occurred? I am shortly launching a campaign to scrap Facility Time ie. (It is noteworthy that the Union did not back your leadership campaign but you still have to kowtow to them!). To my little sister, Lately my big sister game has been off. tragic milestone of 100,000 Covid deaths. Heaven knows how much the Solicitor and QC have been paid for the so-called “investigation” - as ever from the funds of hard-pressed members - but you are unlikely to push back against fees for your learned legal elite. I appreciate that it is not easy for a victim to report such an awful crime to the Police herself but Labour MP’s (quite properly) proselytise about the efficacy of so doing? (PA/GMB/Canva) Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid has described the abuse she receives online as “toxic and horrible”. ), NE1 6PA 15th November, 2020. Are you and the others involved in a massive cover-up here and, if so, why? The letter contained allegations of a “serious sexual assault (rape)”, drug use and sexually predatory behaviour, by a senior man within the GMB. Maybe there are criminal investigations going on behind the scenes which I do not know about (though see further below)? During Wednesday’s broadcast, GMB included Doris in a moving memorial to “each and every single person who has lost their life from this dreadful virus". Reacting to the news on Twitter … I shall be referring to the whitewash report of Karon Monaghan QC dated 31 August, 2020 and the page numbers from her Report are shown in square brackets. Lord Sugar laid into Piers Morgan after watching him on Good Morning Britain today as All details on the site celebsbar.com You come across, to me at least, as a cold and calculating individual but maybe you have sought to assist the alleged victim privately? You are now seised of this information and whether the rumours of your local involvement are right or not you surely have a moral obligation and a duty of care to members and employees to finally listen to Eling’s victims? “Doris was only a few weeks away from being safe! ], Maybe you and/or some of your colleagues have referred this matter to the Police for investigation. It is necessary to quote at length from pages 54/55 about the Union of Rayner, Nandy and Peacock (mentioning incidentally that Ms Nandy herself is widely described in male Labour and GMB circles by a very abusive and derogatory nickname): “Sexual harassment is common in the GMB. It claims that several GMB officials and Labour MPs … That is at least six Labour MP’s and I am sure there are many more who have heard the gossip or seen the social media commentary. GMB has a long time been fighting for equal rights for our women members. “We would like to thank the doctors and nurses at Sandwell Hospital for looking after her and allowing her great niece Kerry into the ward, so she could spend the last few hours with Doris at her bedside.”, The statement added: “Lil has fought so hard and I’m pleased to inform everyone that she was discharged from hospital on Monday, she was only told then of Doris’s death once she was strong enough to take the news, she is now being comforted by family.”. PRESS ENQUIRY. GMB has been working every day to ensure our members are protected at work during this pandemic. Three female MP’s (none of whom are the alleged victim) Louise Haigh, Angela Raynor and Sarah Owen are said by “the Sisters” to “have knowledge” of this incident plus Jonathan Ashworth. ... With her vaccine letter arriving two days after her death. Being a wealthy QC yourself I do not anticipate that you will agree with me that, whilst the Report does make significant recommendations for reform, it was a ruse to draw a line under the lurid allegations sinking the Union [see also Part 2 below]. The article goes on to report that the anonymous letter – signed from “GMB sisters” – made a number of claims, including that senior Labour figures “colluded many times in a cover up”. The anonymous “GMB Sisters” letter addressed to Barbara Plant and widely circulated on social media alleged that an official of the Union sexually assaulted/raped one of your MP colleagues. Lil is now out of hospital and recovering, sadly Doris passed away on the 5th of January, just two days before her vaccination letter arrived. She showed an early interest in politics, even writing to political figures during her childhood. See terms, UK coronavirus deaths rise by 1,725 as 25,308 more cases reported, PM confirms quarantine hotels for travellers from ‘red list’ nations, How lockdown will be lifted as timeline unveiled for first time, Boris Johnson says schools in England won’t reopen until March 8, Wrexham AstraZeneca vaccine plant evacuated over suspicious package, PM hopes to set out a route out of lockdown in the ‘next few weeks’. However, after enduring the “fight of her life”, Lil recovered from the illness, but Doris passed away on January 5 – two days before her vaccination letter arrived. "Sadly, they both contracted coronavirus. MORE: Why 2021 might be Piers Morgan's last year on Good Morning Britain. We want to see you out of the hospital and back on GMB. There is also “a demeaning and misogynistic narrative that women who do succeed in securing senior roles in the GMB have done so through having sex with a senior man” [55]. 1 talking about this. Surely you cannot approve of the way the GMB have simply tried to brush this sordid allegation under the carpet? The sisters, who lived in neighbouring flats in the West Midlands, were both admitted to hospital after contracting the virus. And the GMB are fishing to try and discover the identity of "the Sisters" rather than getting on with root and branch reform. Doris' sister Lil has set up a page to raise money for The Beacon Centre in the West Midlands in her memory. Roache responded “these allegations are entirely made up with the intention of totally discrediting me. I love you a lot, actually. (The first part of the letter refers to shocking misconduct within Sandwell (a dirt-poor Labour Borough in the West Midlands) Labour Party. To the outsider there is precious little evidence of that too date and, in the unlikely event that members are stupid enough to remain in this repugnant union after reading this, they need to demand change and find out how much of their money has been lavished on pay-offs to errant officials and for the all these investigations. (ITV) Harding – who rose to fame after Girls Aloud won Popstars: The Rivals in 2002 – announced on social media that she was diagnosed earlier this year and is currently undergoing weekly chemotherapy treatment.. She said she was “doing my very best to keep positive”. Examples of sexual harassment I heard about included touching hair, leering, commenting on body shape and clothes, placing hands around a woman’s waist, staring at a woman’s breasts or “tits”, propositioning young women, “sloppy kisses”, “lip kisses”, “sticking a tongue” in a woman’s ear, touching of knees, bottoms and hips, hugs and slapping of a backside.”. Again, this letter is not the place to discuss Eling’s catalogue of misconduct but as we are talking about maltreatment of women you should take time out to personally speak with three local Labour women and listen to how they feel about his behaviour: Cllr Olwen Jones: Eling and his sidekick set up a WhatsApp feed to attack his perceived enemies including Labour colleagues. Part Two: Alleged Sexual Assault/Rape of Labour MP. The majority of our members are women and women are our fastest growing membership. While there is no scientific evidence to suggest that someone’s ethnicity makes them more likely to be infected by Covid-19, there is increasing evidence that living circumstances and job roles put certain ethnic groups at higher risk. Whilst the report was principally concerned with sexual harassment Ms Monaghan skated over racist conduct with the weaselly “I am satisfied that the GMB is not a comfortable place to be for many employees and members [my emphasis] from Black and minority ethnic groups.”. But other details of appalling behaviour within the GMB Union have been slammed by a QC and raise questions why the Labour Party is continuing to accept money and political direction from such a vile organisation. Have you - or the others - no scruples or moral fibre? Roache responded “these allegations are entirely made up with the intention of totally discrediting me. The GMB Union is a major donor to The Labour Party and thereby exerts considerable influence over it. “These things happen for a reason but it's not fair,” she said in an interview with the Sunday people. But what did he know of the appalling state of affairs with the Union since he never said anything? The investigation was launched after the President of the GMB, Barbara Plant, received an anonymous letter from the ‘GMB Sisters’ making allegations of serious sexual assault and sexually … You and your sister captured the hearts of all our viewers, and we all fell in love with you.”, He continued: “I was so distraught to hear that Doris had sadly lost her life,” before asking his guest: “How are you, and how are you doing?”, Lil, sitting alongside her grandson Brayden with a blanket over her knees, replied stoically: "Well you've got to make the best of it, haven’t you. She also heard that there was a general “predatory” attitude to women in the GMB. Well, not lately. The victim, the four above-named MP’s and yourself are aware of this allegation. I comment in passing of his closeness to Tom Watson once they cosied up together. With her vaccine letter arriving two days after her death… if you are offered the vaccine please take it, do not refuse it… Doris didn’t get this choice.”, Piers and Sussana pay tribute to Doris Hobday, who has sadly passed away, aged 96, Tick the box to be informed about Evening Standard offers and updates by email. I write with regard to (a) the relationship between The Labour Party and the “institutionally sexist”, “bullying” and misogynistic [4] GMB Union and (b) the role of you and senior Labour MP’s in dealing with an allegation of a “serious sexual assault (rape)”, “drug-use” and “predatory sexual behaviour by a senior man within the GMB” [7]. [See further below. The report says there have been “other letters”. (The role of Eling in the unlawful suspension of six secretaries at the Council is still unproven but perhaps YOU can identify via your contacts who the bullying Councillor was shouting “I want the fuckers out and I don’t want the fuckers back”.). Is this wholly inappropriate behaviour something else you condone - especially given your previous position? ... for Lil and for us here at GMB. Perhaps you approve of this sort of obscenity being sent to a journalist by Party members? where the taxpayer is forced to pay the wages of a large number of Union officials. In the meantime a Trade Union that has accepted the QC's view that it is "institutionally sexist, bullying and misogynistic" still feels able to tout for business with sick tweets like this! As a QC you will be familiar with the concept of selling your services for cash and having to jump to the payer’s hideous tune which is presumably why you have appointed such seemingly untalented GMB MP’s as Angela Rayner, Lisa Nandy and “Princess” Stephanie Peacock to your top team [sic]. 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