Thread by @_77Brigade

2004. Having ignored the lives of her working class, Barking constituents for a decade, Margaret Hodge was busy planning parenting lessons for London's affluent families.

2005. Margaret Hodge tells Rover workers to get jobs at Tesco. #Solidarity

2006. Misleading headline here. Margaret Hodge *deflected* the blame for the rise of the BNP on to the Barking constituents that she had ignored for 12 years.

2007. Jeremy Corbyn criticises Margaret Hodge and New Labour's market-based enrichment of private landlords in the Morning Star.

"Singer and writer Billy Bragg, who grew up in Barking and still has family there, pointed out that [Margaret Hodge] didn’t even have an office in the constituency until after those 12 BNP councillors were elected."

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stand-…

2002: Mark from Barking writes to the Morning Star. New Labour and Margaret Hodge are following right-wing policies and are out of touch with the dwindling membership.

2003. Margaret Hodge doesn't want schoolchildren to be "frightened" by "debt". What sort of Socialist pursues privatisation over people? Not possible in my book...

Snippet from Private Eye on an early clash between Margaret Hodge and Jeremy Corbyn. Hodge lost...

https://twitter.com/dainer31/status/1103060252885438469?s=21

Morning Star, 2007. Having returned to the Barking constituency she'd abandoned for 12 years, Margaret Hodge decided to beat the BNP by adopting their housing policy.

2018. Margaret Hodge criticised for “a total breach of trust” - which is a good description of her entire polical career.

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

2008. As Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge followed her 2007 BNP housing policy with criticism of the Proms, whose lack of diversity made her feel uncomfortable.

Richard Seymour on Margaret Hodge, Barking racist:

patreon.com/posts/barking-…

Jewish women ask for complaints to Guardian over refusal to publish anti-semitism letter #MargaretHodge

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/jewish…

#MargaretHodge

Want more #MargaretHodge info? Tare a look at this thread 👇

https://twitter.com/ciabaudo/status/1026923031757815808?s=21

Formal complaint accuses Margaret Hodge of antisemitism.

https://twitter.com/midwalesmike/status/1153996928717381633?s=21

"Nannies for Socialism?" Militant issue 709, July 1984 notes Margaret Hodge's advert in The Lady for a nanny during Islington Council's dispute with nursery workers.