It’s no secret that I departed the Labour Party in December 2015 under unfortunate circumstances and I won’t delve into it, there’s no point raking up old ground. However, since I left Labour I have encountered online abuse, bullying and harassment from Labour Party members and supporters including MPs and Councillors.
Some of the things that have been said about me online including by bloggers has been disgusting, libellous and very hurtful. I’ve been labelled an anti-Semite, a racist and a bigot. I’ve also been labelled a fascist, a Nazi, a ‘wrong-un’, a nonce and scum.
These smears and insults were directed at me by Labour Party members and supporters, but for now let’s just focus on the members. These are representatives of the Labour Party, as some of them were Councillors.
Labour bullies have repeatedly attacked me over the last seven months and are still it. Labour Party members are also regularly complaining about people retweeting me and have policed Twitter by telling people not to engage with me because I’m an anti-Semite (or one of the other smears I mentioned earlier).
The behaviour of the Labour bullies has been absolutely shameful and the lot of them
are vile and vicious. They have behaved like a pack of bloodthirsty wolves, all ganging up on me and tearing me apart. And they have enjoyed every minute of it.
I’ve suffered with mental health issues, anxiety, stress and reactive depression since 2010 after the death of my mother who died of cancer. She was 68. My mother was the best mother in the world and her presence would brighten up any room like the sunshine.
My state of mind deteriorated in 2011 and I nearly attempted suicide, I had lost my mum, I split with my boyfriend after nearly 3 years, and lost my home and car. All of this happened within six months. I decided that there was no point in carrying on, I figured I would be better off dead which would put me out of my misery.
I phoned a friend and told them how I was feeling, I was crying and trembling, and it must have been the worst call they had ever received. My friend made me see senses and I went away with the police. From there, my condition deteriorated and I had a nervous breakdown, tormented by my demons.
But then I grew strength and fought back, I became stronger and made brilliant progress. And I won the battle.
The Labour bullies have affected my state of mind. I hit a low point back in January and the abuse and bullying I encountered really hit me. I never cried but I was hurt, especially by those whom stabbed me in the back, people I regarded as friends and people I was very good to. You really do find out who your real friends are during times of trouble.
Despite what was happening, I suddenly remembered back to 2011 when I suffered a nervous breakdown and became seriously ill, but I grew strength, fought back and won. I also realised how brilliantly Jeremy Corbyn had handled the gutter press, the smears, the Tories and Labour bullies.
I ignored the abuse, blocked the Labour bullies on social media and never read any of the spiteful articles and blogs written about me. I’m very proud of myself for the way I have handled the Labour bullies, they can say whatever they like about me because I really couldn’t care less. I’m still here and I’m more popular than ever because people know I’m a very caring person who puts others first and fights for those without a voice, such as the sick and disabled.
I oppose Tory austerity, oppose the £205bn Trident upgrade and oppose the very existence of this ruthless, venomous, unscrupulous Tory government. Many of the Labour bullies who have targeted me are Blairites and they have made themselves more Tory than Tory. But these people see me as a threat which is why they launched an anti-Semitic smear campaign against me.
I have a series of other medical conditions which I will list below:
Reactive Depression
Anxiety
Stress
Venous Sinus Thrombosis
Heart problems
Syncope
Fatigue
High blood pressure
Blackouts
The Labour bullies have also affected my physical health. My weight has ballooned since 2011, caused by my antidepressants. I take Venlafaxine. The weight gain has caused heart problems and earlier this year I was hospitalised for a few days. I personally blame the Labour bullies who had caused me a great deal of stress, they even wrote to my employer in an attempt to get me fired. They gloated about it online and demonstrated that they really will stoop to any level to destroy a person’s life.
Thankfully, their poor attempt at trying to get me fired for anti-Semitism failed spectacularly, but the stress did take its toll on my heart and put me in hospital. The Labour bullies really are lower than vermin.
I have another medical condition which nearly killed me in early 2014. I had been suffering with severe headaches and migraines for several weeks and no matter what kind of painkillers I took the headaches remained. I saw my GP and he prescribed me with codeine which made no difference whatsoever, and within a week or so I suddenly developed double vision. I stupidly thought it would go away after a few days but it actually got worse until one afternoon in March 2014 I collapsed at work and was admitted to Basildon A&E. I was later transferred to an AMU ward where I remained for several days while I was under investigation.
After a series of blood tests, CT and MRI scans, I was diagnosed with Venous Sinus Thrombosis. I had a blood clot on the brain which was causing the double vision, headaches and my collapse at work. Doctors had caught it just in time and said I was lucky not have had a stroke or a brain haemorrhage and I would have sustained life-changing ailments.
My Venous Sinus Thrombosis is now under control and I will have to take warfarin for the remainder of my life and have regular INR check-ups. My latest INR was 2.7 which is in the correct range. I still get migraines and headaches and am prescribed codeine, but other ailments Venous Sinus Thrombosis has caused me include fatigue and syncope.
Now you are aware of what my medical conditions are and what has caused them, the Labour bullying I have experienced these past seven months has affected my health problems. The Labour bullies have continued harassing, bullying and abusing me on social media. I have also encountered a great deal of abuse and harassment from a group of Thurrock Labour members who have recently labelled me scum and an anti-Semite. These people are well aware of my poor health but have stopped at nothing to personally attack me, I am no longer a Labour Party member, I am an ordinary member of the public, yet I have been subjected to personal abuse. Their behaviour and hostile approach towards me has angered a lot of people in Thurrock.
Despite my disabilities, I campaigned solidly for Thurrock Labour in 2014 and 2015, I knocked on hundreds of doors and my presence on the ground and on social media helped raise Labour’s profile in Thurrock [I was told this by the party] and that made me very proud. I also saved up £500 and donated it to our parliamentary candidate’s campaign, yet the thanks I now get from Thurrock Labour is online abuse, bullying and harassment.
I am not the only person who has been a victim of the Labour bullies, on the contrary I have seen endless abuse from Labour Party members on social media. It does hurt when people who you regard as friends and people you campaigned with stab you in the back; virtually nobody at Thurrock Labour has stood by me, I have been abused and harassed online yet they still expect me to support their local party. It’s very difficult to when I have been treated with such sheer and utter contempt by them and the Labour Party.
Labour bullies talk about the effects Tory policies are having on mental health sufferers and the sick and disabled, yet they have been responsible for bullying, abusing and harassing those very kinds of people on social media, people just like me. The Labour bullies are cowards, all bullies are cowards and I guarantee hardly any of them would dare repeat their vile and vicious comments about me to my face, or to anyone else they have bullied, abused and harassed online.
The Labour leadership campaign, along with Blairites and the Labour NEC have worked in collusion to undermine Jeremy Corbyn and destroy his leadership. The Labour bullies really have shown their true blue colours and clearly don’t give a damn about Corbyn’s feelings, or the feelings of ordinary people they have bullied, abused and harassed online.
The fact remains is this: I am still standing, I am still here and I have a lot of support and the Labour bullies really don’t like it. Their hateful smear campaign against me backfired and I have ignored the abuse and harassment, and by doing so I have shown how strong I am and also shown that I cannot be beaten no matter how low they go. I will remain defiant and show the Labour bullies that I am not frightened and I won’t be deterred; they can say whatever they like about me because I really couldn’t care less.
If opposing Tory austerity, fighting for social justice and supporting Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell makes me a ‘Trot’, then I am a very proud man. I would rather be a Trot than a radioactive Red Thatcherite. Blairism isn’t just toxic, it’s more contagious and deadly than nuclear waste. Just ask the millions of voters Labour has lost to UKIP in working class areas.
I end this blog by saying a huge thank you to everyone who has stood by me and supported me after my abrupt departure from the Labour Party last year. I am still overwhelmed with support and I really am truly grateful. You have been so kind and very understanding, and I really couldn’t have got through these last seven months with you.
You have all been a tower of strength.
Whether the Labour bullies like it or not, Jeremy Corbyn will win the Labour leadership – and I will return to the Labour Party and will fight in his honour.

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