This has been splashed all over social media (including the identity of the alleged victim) but the mainstream media has been silent on this - although commenting on other issues raised in the letter. "GMB Union Official Raped Labour MP" Claim. Ms Monaghan not only stated that the GMB is institutionally sexist but stated: “Bullying, misogyny, cronyism and sexual harassment are endemic within the GMB” [4], “The culture in the GMB is one of heavy drinking and late night socialising, salacious gossip and a lack of professionalism.”. Piers Morgan has shared a sweet letter from a widowed Good Morning Britain viewer who says he gives her a 'reason to get out of bed' each day.. I think that perhaps you know this but that, like everything between us, you understand. Check out the WhatsApp feed and local blogs showing how Eling forced her out as Assistant Chief Executive of the Council at huge cost to the taxpayer. We have also written (again by post and email) to Angela Rayner, Louise Haigh, Sarah Owen and Jonathan Ashworth asking giving them the opportunity to respond to the allegation that they had knowledge of some of these lurid allegations but, like their Leader, they have not seen fit to respond. The anonymous letter sent to Plant, signed by “GMB sisters”, has circulated on social media. I comment in passing of his closeness to Tom Watson once they cosied up together. I am shortly launching a campaign to scrap  Facility Time ie. (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”. The report says there have been “other letters”. Of course, the Monaghan report is farcical anyway because it does not deal with the allegation of serious sexual assault/rape of a Labour MP made by the “GMB Sisters” as we shall see further in Part 2. 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]. There have been some very lurid allegations against Roache but that is for others to investigate. Roache responded “these allegations are entirely made up with the intention of totally ­discrediting me. 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. There appears to be an extensive cover-up of this sordid story by the Union and the Labour Party and it appears - at least from what is in the public domain - that there has been no police involvement in this affair either in respect of the alleged sexual assault or allegations of other serious misconduct including the alleged use of Class A drugs. You come across, to me at least, as a cold and calculating individual but maybe you have sought to assist the alleged victim privately? Doris's vaccination letter arrived just two days after her death Credit: BPM Media "Come on Lil, come on Doris you can do this. (PA/GMB/Canva) Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid has described the abuse she receives online as “toxic and horrible”. The Sisters say people at senior levels of the Labour Party and TUC knew of the allegations. There are, as you will know, seven employees of the GMB Union publicly named by “The Sisters” who it is alleged “have knowledge of the incident” and so why is there not, at the very least an enquiry by the Union itself? 1 talking about this. 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. There is a rumour sweeping the Labour cesspit that is Sandwell that you are making the mistake of listening to the poison of the Londoner who purports to represent the sole remaining Labour seat, John Spellar (and his NEC puppet, Gurinder Josan). Urging anyone who is offered a coronavirus vaccine to take up the opportunity, it continued: “We are aware they are both 96 years old and we have been so lucky to have them in our lives for such a long time but they were both still going strong before this virus got them and both were determined to live until 100. Lord Sugar laid into Piers Morgan after watching him on Good Morning Britain today as All details on the site celebsbar.com Given the seriousness of the alleged offence and the apparent cover-up I personally referred this allegation to The Metropolitan Police under reference CDS-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx many months ago but have heard absolutely nothing. He has not replied. 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? It’s been a while. 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 GMB has been working every day to ensure our members are protected at work during this pandemic. That horrendous prospect is not for consideration here but Spellar and Josan are also said to be working assiduously to have the Party suspension lifted on former leader [sic] Steve “Spunk Brother” Eling. To my little sister, Lately my big sister game has been off. “We are devastated to announce that Doris didn’t make it…she passed away on Tuesday 5th January after a short stay in hospital. Your safety is our priority. Part Two: Alleged Sexual Assault/Rape of Labour MP. 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]. 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? 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 … The reason given by the QC for this astonishing omission is that any investigation of this was barred by her terms of reference from the Union. What is significant here is that Cllr Crompton was, at the time, also an EMPLOYEE of the Party. 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”. Why don’t you ask the victims how distressing they found this? 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I don't know how I got so lucky to have you as a sister, but I wouldn't trade you for the world. 2   The recommendations of the Monaghan Report have been implemented by the GMB Union IN FULL? 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. The sisters, who lived in ... two days before her vaccination letter arrived. 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. The anonymous letter, signed from “GMB sisters”, made a … GMB Union Investigation Findings. 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”. GMB Sisters; GMB Sisters. “These things happen for a reason but it's not fair,” she said in an interview with the Sunday people. We work to further women's rights at … “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.”. Can you commit here and now that there will be no dealings by Labour whatsoever with the GMB until: 1   There has been a police investigation into the allegation of sexual assault (rape) of a Labour MP by a GMB official; and. I do not intend to write much about the former General Secretary, Tim Roache. 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. Have they referred this matter to the Police (and, incredibly, Haigh was Shadow Policing Minister!). Speaking of the Tipton twins, Morgan said: "Doris Hobday and Lillian Cox were great friends and great supporters of this show as all our viewers know. Red Shaz in Bed (& Breakfast) with the Capitalists! 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. The QC states, “I also heard that complaints were frequently dealt with by moving people or shuffling them out”. 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! Surely you cannot approve of the way the GMB have simply tried to brush this sordid allegation under the carpet? 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. tragic milestone of 100,000 Covid deaths. It claimed that several GMB officials and Labour MPs were aware of accusations against the general secretary and “colluded 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. It is expected to entangle some senior MPs and union and party ­officials in what one described as “a scandal-primed time bomb”. We want to see you out of the hospital and back on GMB. The anonymous letter sent to Plant, signed by “GMB sisters”, has circulated on social media. The ITV breakfast show began the episode by displaying images of some of the victims and sharing their stories. (The first part of the letter refers to shocking misconduct within Sandwell (a dirt-poor Labour Borough in the West Midlands) Labour Party. “Doris and Lil worked in factories and usually caught the bus together – they were often thrown off for singing too loudly.”. * I should add that ex-Cllr Eling tried to convince West Midlands Police to prosecute me after I exposed some of his misconduct and when he was dissatisfied with their response he wrote to your alleged mate Spellar asking him to intervene with the CPS. 96-year-old identical twin has shared her heartbreak at the loss of her sister following a battle with coronavirus. The feed suggested that Cllr Jones’s husband, also a Labour Councillor, should “spunk” over Cllr Maria Crompton “in her bikini” as that would be preferable to him “doing” his wife. GMB Sisters is the campaigning and organising group for all women GMB members in London. Perhaps you approve of this sort of obscenity being sent to a journalist by Party members? [See further below. 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]. 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’. I cannot trace any public comment from you on any of this shaming saga. I appreciate that a woman has only been President of the Union for two years but Barbara Plant has not resigned in respect of anything to do with this grotesque saga and so one has to assume she condones what has gone on and/or the curtailment of the terms of reference to the QC and/or the huge pay-off to Roache.. Do you? She also heard that there was a general “predatory” attitude to women in the GMB. On page 51 of her Report Ms Monaghan repeats her damning charge: “The GMB is a very masculine organisation in which misogyny, sexual harassment, bullying and cronyism are endemic.” The working environment within this appalling organisation can be poisonous and “horrible” where meetings can be held in an “aggressive” and “testosterone fuelled” way, and a bully-boy atmosphere prevails. Appearing by video link on Good Morning Britain, she was greeted by host Piers Morgan who said: “I’m so sorry. The former GMB and This Morning guest and her sister were a hit with fans a year ago, and in 2019, as they repeatedly appeared on the show and brought their cheeky attitudes with them. where the taxpayer is forced to pay the wages of a large number of Union officials. ), NE1 6PA                                                                                              15th November, 2020. Reacting to the news on Twitter … It claims that several GMB officials and Labour MPs … Spellar had refused to say whether he actually did so. There are further allegations relating to drug-use. (I should add that it is not alleged that any of the seven are themselves involved in any wrongdoing.) Ms Monaghan states that, “the reality is that the culture and practices and culture of the GMB are so entrenched that a complete transformation if required”. The immediate trigger for the investigation was the receipt of an undated letter addressed to Barbara Plant, the President of the GMB. The majority of our members are women and women are our fastest growing membership. How can Labour take instructions and money from such a filthy, disgusting, outfit? Do you approve of party members making such obscene comments against employees and then lying to them about it? The QC heard of sexual harassment being used as a form of bullying and she heard “of more serious sexual assaults”. If you cannot give that commitment, why not? The sisters, who lived in neighbouring flats in the West Midlands, were both admitted to hospital after contracting the virus. You don’t make me feel guilty about the messages that go unreturned or the phone calls that find me distracted at the other end of the line as I scrub yoghurt out of the toddler’s hair. ... With her vaccine letter arriving two days after her death. ... for Lil and for us here at GMB. Perhaps you can use your influence to have them respond? 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. Toll-Free Nationwide: 1-888-OUR-AARP or (1-888-687-2277) Toll-Free Spanish: 1-877-342-2277 Social Media: Link to twitter twitter It claims that several GMB officials and Labour MPs were aware of the accusations and “colluded in a cover up”. Further, when she tackled Eling about this he lied to her face telling her the Feed was a fake and entirely invented. MORE: Why 2021 might be Piers Morgan's last year on Good Morning Britain. No doubt - given your pusillanimity in passing the buck re suspending Corbyn - you will say that all this is for the General Secretary etc but that is not good enough. PRESS ENQUIRY. The QC wrote of the “sheer volume of examples of bullying, threats and victimisation” by the boys (and it is almost exclusively boys) running the Union [30]. In a statement posted on the twins’ Facebook page, which has more than 22,000 followers, their family said: “Shortly after our last post Doris and Lil’s health deteriorated very quickly. 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.”. 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. “Our thoughts go out to all the families who have experienced a loss through Covid, and we urge people to take this seriously. In a specific case a person was investigated following “a serious incident of sexual harassment” and found to have committed an act of gross misconduct but a senior male within the GMB intervened and helped the perpetrator move to a new employer with a payment of £30,000 of Union cash. The plain fact is - if GMB sisters had not passed a copy of their letter containing their allegations to the media - there would not have been an official investigation into matters - & this fact should concern all true trade-unionists. 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.”. 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. The letter that triggered the investigation was an anonymous one sent to Plant, signed by “GMB sisters”. She heard “much evidence of cronyism” and an “ingrained” drinking culture. 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? Private Eye recently reported that: “One senior GMB Union official went on the piss so frequently he lost not one but six union credit cards in various drinking dens around London - including the Strangers’ Bar at the House of Commons.” The hard-pressed members who pay their dues to this rotten organisation are now having to fork out for a “comprehensive audit” of the Union’s spending by mega-expensive beancounters PWC (whose hourly rates probably exceed even your own). Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid expressed their devastation as one of Britain’s oldest identical twins died aged 96.. Doris Hobday, who was a popular guest … However, Private Eye have again reported that he received a pay-off from this vile Union in the region of half a million pounds. Again, a woman was President at the time the terms of reference were framed so what on earth is going on here? Roache responded “these allegations are entirely made up with the intention of totally ­discrediting me. Ask her what happened at a funeral some time afterwards? Part One - Is the GMB Union a fit and proper organisation to be associated with The Labour Party? Sharing the sad news with viewers on Wednesday, a visibly-upset Piers said: "We start with some sad news we were made aware of a few days ago." (It is noteworthy that the Union did not back your leadership campaign but you still have to kowtow to them!). We sent the following letter (with minor redactions) to the Leader of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer, by post on 15th November, 2020 and followed up bt sending it again via email. 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