Margaret Hodge

Also known as Margaret Bayard

Family

Also known as Margaret Bayard

Notable quotes

“At this moment of grave danger, we simply cannot allow the party to flounder, become utterly irrelevant to the political debate and disintegrate into a second-rate pressure group. Make no mistake — unless we listen to our voters, our party faces political oblivion.”
— After the no-confidence vote in Corbyn's Labour leadership, as cited in "Inside account of Labour MPs’ attacks on Jeremy Corbyn", Politico (27 June 2016)
“It was only because of his actions and his words that I came to the decision in 2018; this man was an antisemite and a racist.”
— Speaking at the Jewish Labour Movement conference (8 January 2023), as cited in "Momentum founder refuses to apologise for 'hatred' of activists", The Jewish Chronicle (10 January 2023)[
“[Is Labour never having a female leader "shameful"?] Yes. [...] Oh, it’s horrible. There’s still sexism, which is why you can never take your foot off the accelerator.”
— "Margaret Hodge: Confronting anti-Semitism in Labour was harder than fighting the BNP", New Statesman (18 February 2023)

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