"You may wonder what could bring Nicky Morgan, Anna Soubry, David Lammy, Jacob Rees-Mogg and other senior MPs from across parliament together at the moment. Yet they are all sponsoring a bill I’m proposing that will tackle
online hate, fake news and radicalisation. It’s because, day-in day-out, whatever side of an argument we are on, we see the pervasive impact of abuse and hate online – and increasingly offline, too.
Why I am seeking to stamp out online echo chambers of hate | Lucy Powell
Why did she publish in The Guardian?
"Powell began her career working as a
parliamentary assistant for
Beverley Hughes MP after having worked at the
Labour Party Headquarters in
Millbank Tower during the
1997 general election campaign.
[4]
She joined the pro-
Euro and
pro-EU Treaty pressure group Britain in Europe (BiE) originally in a role and later as head of regional campaigning.
[5]
Then she worked for the
non-departmental public body or
quango NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) initially in a
public affairs role and later to establish and manage the Manchester Innovation Fund project.[
citation needed]
From May 2010 to September 2010 Powell
managed Ed Miliband's successful campaign for the Labour Party leadership.
[7]
She served as Miliband's acting and later
deputy chief of staff from September 2010 to April 2012.[
citation needed] She was selected by the local
Constituency Labour Party (CLP) in April 2012 for the 15 November 2012 Manchester Central by-election. "
Lucy Powell - Wikipedia
So why does a professional politician jump on a currently hot topic, opining the current received wisdom?
Could it be to give her career a nudge forward?