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Labour chief whip tells Vogue she takes tough approach to keeping MPs in line
UK NewsPolitics•November 13, 2026 at 6:16 PMNational

Labour chief whip tells Vogue she takes tough approach to keeping MPs in line

By Aletha Adu political correspondent•The Guardian - UK News

Anneliese Midgley surprises colleagues after Burnham said whips’ office should not be ‘something to be feared’If Andy Burnham has been accused of being a people pleaser by his critics, the same most certainly cannot be said of his chief whip.“I’m not going to take any s*** and I don’t f*** about,” said Anneliese Midgley, the Labour government’s newest head of party discipline, shedding some light on her direct approach to keeping MPs in line. Continue reading...

Anneliese Midgley surprises colleagues after Burnham said whips’ office should not be ‘something to be feared’

If Andy Burnham has been accused of being a people pleaser by his critics, the same most certainly cannot be said of his chief whip.

“I’m not going to take any s*** and I don’t f*** about,” said Anneliese Midgley, the Labour government’s newest head of party discipline, shedding some light on her direct approach to keeping MPs in line.

Continue reading...