Claudia Webbe – political left as well as right disgraced

Not a good week for the House of Commons as a different scandal tainted the other side of the aisle.  Claudia Webbe, a Labour MP once a power figure on the far left, was given a suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of a campaign of harassment, including threatening to “use acid” and distribute naked pictures of woman friend of her partner. She had the whip withdrawn when charges were laid and now sits as an independent. If her appeal fails her sentence will prompt