Enough is enough

Today I called for the Prime Minister to resign. That’s not a sentence I ever hoped or expected to write, but I’ve reached the end of my tether, and it’s clear from speaking to many of my constituents that they feel the same way.

The Prime Minister broke the logjam in parliament and delivered a Brexit deal. He steered the ship at an incredibly difficult time during the pandemic and led a vaccine programme that we should be very proud of. He has focussed the Government on levelling up the North. He has stood side by side with President Zelensky during the illegal invasion of Ukraine. And he’s backed Dreadnought and our nuclear industry. I will always be grateful to him for those things.

But he has also eroded trust in politics to a fatal degree. We can’t dismiss that at any time, but certainly not when people are reliant on us - and the decisions we make in Westminster on their behalves - more than ever. I’ve written before that trust is a fragile thing, and I meant it. Once it’s lost, there’s no going back.

 We have an opportunity to make a fresh start, to put all this unnecessary distraction behind us, and to use all that energy to get back to delivering for the people who put their faith in us back in 2019. I was elected to fight for Barrow & Furness and that remains my focus. We have a huge opportunity to change our community for the better, and I am determined to spend my time doing just that.