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The Labour deputy leadership candidate Stella Creasy has responded to internet trolls by releasing a video in which she reads out some of the offensive messages she has been sent during the campaign. Labour deputy leadership candidate Stella Creasy has responded to internet trolls by releasing a video in which she reads out some of the offensive messages she has been sent during the campaign.
Creasy admitted that some of the messages may have been provoked by the deluge of emails they have received over the past few months from contenders not only in the deputy leadership contest, but also the campaigns for leader and London mayoral candidate. Creasy admitted that some of the messages may have been provoked by the deluge of emails people have received over the past few months from contenders not only in the deputy leadership contest, but also the campaigns for leader and London mayoral candidate.
She promised that if she becomes deputy leader, she will act to stop the party “spamming” its own followers.She promised that if she becomes deputy leader, she will act to stop the party “spamming” its own followers.
In the video, Labour Emails - Parental Advisory Required, Creasy reads out the messages in full, but a beep has been added to censor the swearwords.In the video, Labour Emails - Parental Advisory Required, Creasy reads out the messages in full, but a beep has been added to censor the swearwords.
“Over the last three months, a lot of Labour party members and supporters have complained to me about the nature and number of the emails they have received from the party,” she says in the video. “Over the last three months, a lot of Labour party members and supporters have complained to me about the nature and number of the emails they have received from the party,” she says in the video. So I thought I would share with you some of the emails I’ve received recently.
“So I thought I would share with you some of the emails I’ve received recently.
“Peter, from Newark, wrote to me to say: ‘As I said to one of your team, I am a sucker for posh totty, but in all honesty that photo doesn’t do you justice.’ Thanks, Peter.“Peter, from Newark, wrote to me to say: ‘As I said to one of your team, I am a sucker for posh totty, but in all honesty that photo doesn’t do you justice.’ Thanks, Peter.
“Mark wrote to me to say: ‘[beep] off, you look like an alien egg’. Nicola wrote to me to say: ‘If she didn’t look like she’s had more [beep] than hot dinners, I’d vote for her.’“Mark wrote to me to say: ‘[beep] off, you look like an alien egg’. Nicola wrote to me to say: ‘If she didn’t look like she’s had more [beep] than hot dinners, I’d vote for her.’
“And then Mark emailed me back. He said: ‘I apologise, my partner stole my phone from me. I will not be voting for you, but that is nothing to do with your resemblance to an egg.’“And then Mark emailed me back. He said: ‘I apologise, my partner stole my phone from me. I will not be voting for you, but that is nothing to do with your resemblance to an egg.’
Rob wrote to me to say: ‘Please, take me off this list. Your narcissism and self-righteous moralising really grates.’ Don’t know what he means by that.”Rob wrote to me to say: ‘Please, take me off this list. Your narcissism and self-righteous moralising really grates.’ Don’t know what he means by that.”
Creasy concludes: “I get it, nobody wants volumes of unwanted spam. We’ve got to improve the way the Labour party communicates with itself and the way we use new technology. And if you vote for me as deputy leader, it’ll be one of my priorities.”Creasy concludes: “I get it, nobody wants volumes of unwanted spam. We’ve got to improve the way the Labour party communicates with itself and the way we use new technology. And if you vote for me as deputy leader, it’ll be one of my priorities.”