Labour MP brands Austin Mitchell “a joke”

An argument has broken out between Austin Mitchell MP for Grimsby and Karl Turner MP for Hull following the media interest in Ed Miliband’s two kitchens last week.

Following to the news story, Mitchell  took to Twitter to say the Tories might introduce a “spare kitchen tax”. He then tweeted a picture of himself in his kitchen with the accompanying caption “this is what a real Labour kitchen looks like”.

In response, Turner sent Mitchell an angry e-mail, where told Mitchell he thought he was damaging the Labour party by sending out such Tweets.

Mitchell then published the letter in full on his website. It reads as follows:

“You’re a joke Austin. It’s very sad to see it but it’s becoming increasingly apparent. You think it clever to attack us. It’s not clever and you’ve had plenty out of the Party. Stop attacking us. I am reluctant to pull you up publicly because you love the attention so very much. If you can’t say anything supportive just keep your opinion to yourself. We need to retain Grimsby. You’ve done little to help with that. And I doubt you’ve ever had a kitchen in Grimsby. Mili has one in Donny and mines massive in East Hull. Thanks.”

Austin Mitchell leaves Parliament in just over 50 days. The number of his colleagues who will miss him falls by the day…