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'Mother of the house' Harriet Harman gives final speech as MP

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Harriet Harman gave her final speech as an MP after more than 40 years in the House of Commons on Friday, 24 May.
The "Mother of the House" was first elected in 1982 and holds the record as the longest-ever continuously serving female Member of Parliament.
Ms Harman used her final speech to pay tribute to her late husband, Jack Dromey, and her children for the support they have provided her.
She also encouraged women to enter politics, reflecting that though at times being an MP has been hard she "wouldn't regret a single day."
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@cecilefox9136 2 месяца назад

Best of luck Harriet!Thank you for your public service.

@gerardmackay8909 3 месяца назад

Classy lady, tirelessly worked for her constituency (where she is deservedly popular) and her work on tightening up legislation to tackle domestic abuse has enabled many women to sleep more safely.

@albertbrammer9263 2 месяца назад

So, in 42 years as an MP we still need huge numbers of women's refuges...Did she fail? Or just make a dent in the masculine wall of misogny?

@gerardmackay8909 2 месяца назад

@@albertbrammer9263 it’s all available to read up on if you’re interested in assessing her contribution. The Equality Act certainly redefined acceptable behaviour in a domestic setting because it used to be widely accepted that ‘shrewish or uppity’ wives could expect a thump from a husband now and then (Harman’s legislation played a huge role in changing attitudes. It didn’t stop domestic violence but it certainly made it much more socially unacceptable). Anyway it’s easy to access more detailed information yourself if you’re genuinely interested.

@waynebarrow3894 2 месяца назад

I'm not a Labour supporter but I am a supporter of great MP's and I very much admire Harriet for being a good and faithful public servant. Thank you and best of luck

@user-sz3uk1sj9j 3 месяца назад

A very honest woman with integrity.Thank you Harriet for your years of service.

@robertfrancis7767 3 месяца назад

Bot speech

@AM-lc7ke 3 месяца назад

Look up Harriette harman PIE

@robertfrancis7767 3 месяца назад

@@AM-lc7ke more bot speech

@cubs6583 3 месяца назад

Honest she is a f ing disgrace

@SuperPatrick777 3 месяца назад

Nothing but a reprobate .

@flyinghedgehog3833 3 месяца назад

P.I.E......

@ianbanks2844 3 месяца назад

Exactly . And all the other politicians and media and police know this, and yet she is so establishment . Oh , hang on , maybe there is a clue in that statement ....

@aure9495 2 месяца назад

Proto Indo European ?

@FEiSTYFEVER 2 месяца назад

You beat me to it.

@commandingjudgedredd1841 Месяц назад

Yup. And yet so many think she was a decent MP.

@JohnSmith-bx8zb Месяц назад

She never worked for or was affiliated to PIE

@isag.7468 2 месяца назад

Cheers!

@georgeblackley6028 3 месяца назад

Glad to see the back of Ms Harperson.

@kmj1976 3 месяца назад

Despite being 6 years older than May, Harman looks a lot younger

@TimComley 3 месяца назад

You reckon

@lisataylor9079 2 месяца назад

How is that important or relevant? Who cares! What they've done and what they have to say is what matters.

@kmj1976 2 месяца назад

@@lisataylor9079 a bit touchy don’t you think. I can see you’re not a trivia fan

@johnavery3941 Месяц назад

Even though I am SNP everyone I know in our party has always had great respect for this lady

@Antient.Briton 3 месяца назад

I cannot agree that the Commons is better today than it was 42 years ago. In those days the majority of MPs had come into parliament after having lived useful lives elsewhere. Today they are, with a few exceptions, professional politicians who know nothing about life outside parliament, to the detriment of the country.

@irispitman4202 3 месяца назад

Agree entirely 👍

@TimComley 3 месяца назад

Not for me but all the best

@kathrynhobbs8874 3 месяца назад

So few of her own side of the house, more conservatives

@veeday1146 3 месяца назад

They would be out working for the next election. Those on the other side have nothing to work for, they’re either standing down or know they’re out.

@BrianMartin-ph7pt 2 месяца назад

Quite a few of the labour party either barred or in prison..

@MrBoliao98 3 месяца назад

But if the Prime Minister presides over his current government, I mean you should stay on as MP.

@belbrighton6479 3 месяца назад

What a beautiful speech. Post election I hope we have more cross party legislation.

@ianbanks2844 3 месяца назад

Well done for bigging up a well known protector of , and promoter of paedophilia . P.I.E. ring any bells ? And also nobody has heard a single word from her about the on going organised mass rape of white children by brown skinned Muslims in this country . I wonder why not ?

@hunkydory1973 2 месяца назад

There will be lots of rightwing cross-party legislation

@thesmithersy 3 месяца назад

No more Harperson in the commons! Yay!

@livingrentfreeinyourhead 3 месяца назад

Since the year I was born

@danielkarmy4893 2 месяца назад

Since my dad was 11!

@ayy232 3 месяца назад

Imagine being proud of having never voted against the party line ... 42 years of late nights and family occasions missed to do a job that could have been done by a mindless robot.

@user-cs1dt2xw4c 3 месяца назад

Space and waste. Richly rewarded.

@ianbanks2844 3 месяца назад

Why isnt this promoter of paedophillia not in jail ?

@BrianMartin-ph7pt 2 месяца назад

Well said!

@carolesutton3082 3 месяца назад

She needs to be arrested for crimes against humanity.

@maureen348 2 месяца назад

Against children,, she kept some very dodgy company.

@FEiSTYFEVER 2 месяца назад

@@maureen348Consider the source... Rochdale, Rotherham, Oldham... And 50 more.

@JohnSmith-bx8zb Месяц назад

She was never an employee of PIE or an affiliate

@carolesutton3082 Месяц назад

@@JohnSmith-bx8zb she covered up child abuse peodofiles in parliament. Bill Maloney! Pie and films take a look. Truth will always be revealed.

@nathanhubball 3 месяца назад

Has Margaret Beckett given a farewell speech? I know she's stepping down but as her constituent I haven't heard anything since she announced this in 2022😅

@kateosmond1090 3 месяца назад

Maybe she has changed her mind. 😂

@JohnSmith-bx8zb Месяц назад

Not forgetting that Mrs T government funded PIE. However Harman never worked for or was affiliated to PIE Trouble with such claims the just don’t stand up. Remember what is published on the web can be used in ligation

@kevinbray9550 3 месяца назад

Scores point for length of public service but very Marmite. Considering the standards of current MPs she is an intellectual colossus.

@davidjloaderful 3 месяца назад

Respect

@kestrel5065 3 месяца назад

Thank the Lord. Goodbye Gobby

@tombo1984 3 месяца назад

The person most likely to become my MP at the next General Election blocks anyone who disagrees with him, has been parachuted in from a London council constituency to the Sussex seat he is standing in. He is Labour.

@BrianMartin-ph7pt 2 месяца назад

Go see him when he is in public, make the points and demand answers.

@yvonnewiggins4209 2 месяца назад

Welcome to my world with a corrupt conservative MP.

@willhall4037 3 месяца назад

"It is not fit that you should sit here any longer. You have sat here too long for any good you have been doing LATELY… In the name of God go."

@FEiSTYFEVER 2 месяца назад

Oh look, the P.I.E

@theingabo212 3 месяца назад

Well, controversial.

@seppeljordan 2 месяца назад

40 years in power. true democracy.

@arabicnokia4399 2 месяца назад

3/10 bait, completely dumb statement where nobody bothered to respond

@Louis-sn6pj Месяц назад

Your not very bright are u 😂

@seppeljordan Месяц назад

@@Louis-sn6pj What gives you the impression? Care to elaborate?

@Louis-sn6pj Месяц назад

@@seppeljordan well it’s obvious that your comment about democracy was sarcastic and that you were trying to say it was undemocratic, so let’s review the facts shall we: This women has been elected SEVERAL times into parliament, every five years her constituents could have voted her out but they kept believing in her work and liked her so they kept on voting her in, that’s how a constitutional democracy works in the uk, there is nothing in democratic about it, which is why you must have some sort trouble understanding what democracy is or maybe u are just an uneducated teenager who has no idea of what you are saying

@Louis-sn6pj Месяц назад

@@seppeljordan if the people vote for her to be in power for 40 years than that is a democratic action of the people

@ronwharton086 3 месяца назад

It's funny that you can look at your life and realise you achieved nothing for the public. But you can look at your bank balance and be proud of the money you made. She starts her speech saying l did as l was told but lam a woman that did that 😂

@BrianMartin-ph7pt 2 месяца назад

Harman is like a turd that just won't flush..

@alcazarugerio 3 месяца назад

BYE 😂😂😂

@stephenguppy7882 3 месяца назад

Good to see the back of Hopeless Hattie Harman. Promoted way beyond her ability and been there far too long.

@user-bo8ux3nu9i 3 месяца назад

your right thats why labour party as been in mess hope she keeps within speed limit

@user-js3rg9sj1k 3 месяца назад

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@user-ep8xd8nd8j 3 месяца назад

I, I and I she makes me feel sick.... Gangsters in suits 🤢

@deanjames2476 3 месяца назад

Will be back on the gravy train by Christmas in the house of losers

@BrianMartin-ph7pt 2 месяца назад

HOL? Vermin in ermine..

@christabor4909 2 месяца назад

Why can we not have this in the USA? Gracious, kind, hopeful....

@nicolaburch7878 3 месяца назад

One of the great politicians of our time

@deanjames2476 3 месяца назад

You must be joking 🤣

@dean9090 2 месяца назад

NONCE sympathiser

@JohnSmith-bx8zb Месяц назад

Obviously you are assuming she was part of PIE She never worked for PIE or an affiliate Why do you publish untruths

@dean9090 Месяц назад

@@JohnSmith-bx8zb Harriet Harman and Patricia Hewitt failed to take action to oust the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE) because they "didn't want to rock the boat", its former chairman has claimed. Tom O'Carroll said Labour's deputy leader and the former health secretary did not support PIE but "didn't even try" to cut its affiliation to the civil liberties organisation they worked at for the sake of their careers.

@Penfold-zn7ot 2 месяца назад

P.l.E 1970s

@JohnSmith-bx8zb Месяц назад

Harman never worked for or was affiliated to PIE

@lancechinnian4043 3 месяца назад

She will be missed 😢

@BrianMartin-ph7pt 2 месяца назад

Not by any victims of paedophilia..

@francescaaub-robinson3731 2 месяца назад

One of the best speeches in recen year. . A bit sad that more people from thr Tories than Labour seemed to be present. Nevertheless, both Harriet Harman's and Theresa May's speeches gave a glimmer of hope.

@67lionsoflisbon37 2 месяца назад

PIE.

@sandrarhule5354 3 месяца назад

Going to miss her..Cllr Sandra Rhule has

@JGS123WRPTP 2 месяца назад

Bigging up the workers on her way out. You can’t deny that she’s respectful.

@Slumbert 3 месяца назад

Queen of worn out Champagnesocialists. Disaster for England.

@daveotter7942 3 месяца назад

Grow up. Yoour words say farmore about you than her.

@clivet3252 3 месяца назад

Good riddance to the Blairite old trout.

@maureen348 2 месяца назад

Final speech, well that can't be bad.

@westminsterwatcher5152 3 месяца назад

Ghastly woman!

@andrewmark2783 3 месяца назад

In what way?

@Toodyslexicforyou 3 месяца назад

@@andrewmark2783she a woman, and he is intimidated 😂😂😂

@westminsterwatcher5152 3 месяца назад

@@Toodyslexicforyou Simp

@AM-lc7ke 3 месяца назад

@@andrewmark2783look up Harriet harman PIE

@clivet3252 3 месяца назад

@@andrewmark2783 in every way. She's rude obnoxious and totally corrupt.

@LeoAdams-hs1be 3 месяца назад

When she was leading the party, she broke away from the manifesto she was elected on, and made the parliamentary Labour party support Camerons brexit referrendum. Everyone knows what came next. An incredibley harmful politician.

@BrianMartin-ph7pt 2 месяца назад

Everyone knows what happened next - the rich, privileged and spiteful spent 8 years whining and crying like spoilt children because "Johnny uneducated poor boy" voted to leave a dictatorship.

@strangetrip837 3 месяца назад

Useless! Bye!

@Toodyslexicforyou 3 месяца назад

Yes Rishi Sunak is useless

@SuperPatrick777 3 месяца назад

@@ToodyslexicforyouThey all are as satanic as each other .

@gavinbarnes6310 3 месяца назад

Did nothing in that time. Bye

@BritishRepublicsn 3 месяца назад

"I don't know what they did so I'll just assume they did nothing"

@carlharding5311 3 месяца назад

Another man scared of women with power. Snowflake.

@AM-lc7ke 3 месяца назад

She did a great job defending nonces. Look up “Harriet harman PIE”

@gavinbarnes6310 3 месяца назад

@@BritishRepublicsn name one thing she did

@BritishRepublicsn 3 месяца назад

@@gavinbarnes6310 she became mother of the house..?

@robertfrancis7767 3 месяца назад

I would like to thank this woman who takes away every mans right to stand for Parliament and wishing her a permanent retirement from Politics. Thank you for quiting.

@carlharding5311 3 месяца назад

Takes away every man’s right to stand for Parliament? What in the name of sanity are you drivelling on about?

@JustCallMeJames 3 месяца назад

@@carlharding5311he won’t reply 😂

@robertfrancis7767 3 месяца назад

@carlharding5311 Whatever part of the world you live in you should learn men are banned in many constituencies in UK because it's women only in the Labour Party and cannot be legally challenged in practice. You cannot prove any harm if you can never ever be on the list at the location.

@robertfrancis7767 3 месяца назад

@JustCallMeJames Like yo call you Troll 🧌. I did so take that can take that to the lying bot and Troll land. Off you pop Troll 🧌.

@robertfrancis7767 3 месяца назад

@JustCallMeJames Also stop going around issuing orders to everyone on line you sound like a BJP supporter account. You do not order anyone and you cannot even speak English properly, this is what is called a clue.