FOR so many MPs, the last-minute calling of the latest General Election marked the start of a frantic few days in preparation for campaigning,…
marked the start of a frantic few days in preparation for campaigning, canvassing and convincing constituents why they were still the right candidate.
In an exclusive interview with the Sunday National, Whitford reflected on what happened when the election was called, the discourse surrounding Gaza and what it’s like now the curtain has been drawn on her career in Westminster.Although Whitford jokes that referring to the “end of an era” when it comes to her career sounds a bit grand, that is effectively what the calling of the General Election signalled to her after almost 10 years as an MP.
For Whitford however, politics had looked a little different as she was “stuck at home on crutches” and so unable to travel to London as much as she would have liked.After the announcement, she said she had around five days to get her office cleared and head on home. In October, Palestinian officials said an airstrike on the building resulted in the death of 471 Palestinians and wounded 314 others.
She also previously helped establish a partnership project between Scottish breast cancer experts and their Palestinian colleagues in the West Bank. “Labour go through so much to prove they’re not antisemitic and they’re pro-Israel that all debate and discussion even within the party seems shut down.“Listening to Starmer’s word salads, they’re just meaningless bowls of words. Trying to avoid talking about collective punishment or calling for a ceasefire, defending the withholding of things like water, power and food – frankly, it’s shocking.
“We can’t just think this can be put back in its box. The texts I. get are so full of pain and heartbreak and I find it incredible our politicians are so dissociated with that.
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