Comrade Dawn burnishes her communist credentials by supporting the XR blockade of the press,
Labour MP prompts outrage after praising 'excellent work' of Extinction Rebellion extremists who delayed distribution of national newspapers
By James Heale for the Mail on Sunday
Labour MP Dawn Butler prompted outrage yesterday after praising the eco-rebels who blockaded newspaper printworks.
The former frontbencher backed Extinction Rebellion on social media for its 'excellent work' after protesters blocked roads near the plants, halting deliveries of national newspapers.
She added: 'Bravo #Extinction Rebellion' and accompanied the message with several clapping-hands emojis. The post was deleted just hours later. Ms Butler, who was sacked as Shadow Equalities Minister after Sir Keir Starmer's election as Labour leader in April, faced a furious backlash online for her comments.
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Labour MP Dawn Butler prompted outrage yesterday after praising the eco-rebels who blockaded newspaper printworks
Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan branded Ms Butler's message 'shameful' and criticised 'a senior British politician [for] celebrating the stifling of free speech'. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Priti Patel said the attack on a free press was 'completely unacceptable'.
Yesterday, Labour frontbenchers were quick to distance themselves from Ms Butler.
Shadow Secretary of State for Digital Culture, Media and Sport, Jo Stephens, said: 'People have the right to read the newspapers they want. Stopping them from being distributed and printers from doing their jobs is wrong.'
Clearly like her idols in Russia and China, Dawn is against democracy.
Does the rest of the Labour Party still stand with this communist against democracy as well?.