It is deplorable that BNP Leader Nick Griffin should have called the Minister for Europe, Glenys Kinnock “a political prostitute”, on his first day in the European Parliament.
Mr Griffin has betrayed both his misogyny and his lack of understanding of the work done by Baroness Kinnock, who as an MEP and tireless campaigner has done so much for the people of Wales and to address the problem of poverty in the developing world.
I have no doubt whatsoever that Nick Griffin’s efforts in this Parliament will never match the work of Glenys Kinnock as an MEP or as a Minister serving in the British Government.
Labour MEPs and activists will be working tirelessly in this Parliament to stand up for British people and will do so with tolerance, respect for diversity and with a politics of inclusion, not division. Labour will redouble its efforts to make sure that the BNP’s stay in the European parliament is short lived.
Glenis Willmott is the leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party
Glenis Willmott
Glenis Willmott is the new leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party. She is an MEP for the East Midlands, and is a former political officer for the GMB.<br />
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Glenis has been the Labour MEP for the East Midlands since February 2006. She sits on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee and is very much involved with action to combat climate change. She is the spokesperson for the Labour group of MEPs on health issues and is co-chair of the European Parliament Cervical Cancer Interest Group.<br />
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As a former trade union organiser, health and safety at work is a big priority for Glenis and she led for her other Committee, Employment and Social Affairs, on the EU's Health and Safety at Work Strategy 2007-2013.
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