LABOUR MP Rosie Duffield says she has been “bullied” and Sir Keir Starmer has “lied” about supporting her after she spoke out in the trans row.
Her blistering attack comes after male Labour MPs heckled her during a Commons debate about the topic.
Rosie Duffield, the Labour MP for Canterbury
Senior Sir Keir aide Matthew Doyle was also recorded saying some people think Rosie should spend “a bit more time” in her constituency rather than “hanging out with JK Rowling”.
Hitting back, Ms Duffield – a domestic abuse survivor – said she feels “invisible” and isolated by party chiefs after speaking out on women’s rights.
She told Trending In The News on Sunday: “I am not part of the clique”, she said.
“It is not good at all. It is like low level bullying all the time. I am just being completely ignored and blanked.”
The Canterbury MP said she is often purposely left out of invites to go campaigning with other Labour MPs – even when it’s near her constituency.
“They do this constantly”, she said. “I am completely on my own.”
Ms Duffield is an outspoken critic of the erosion of womens’ rights, and has said it is “dystopian” that the Labour leader cannot say women cannot have a penis.
Social media trolls – including Labour members – have hurled a wave of vile abuse at her for daring to speak out.
She also accused Sir Keir and Labour frontbencher Emily Thornberry of “lying” about having meetings to support her through the row.
Earlier this week, Sir Keir said he had “met Rosie a number of times and talked to her” about her concerns.
Ms Thornberry said she has spoken to Ms Duffield “many times…behind the scenes” about womens and trans rights.
But Ms Duffield said: “Keir Starmer said he had many meetings with me – this is a complete, absolute 100 per cent lie. Is he going to get his diary out and fabricate some dates?
“I had a meeting with Keir in September 2021 and not one since.
“There is no relationship between me and Labour HQ.”
She added: “Emily is lying about having private meetings with me. She hasn’t spoken to me for two and a half years because I didn’t nominate her.
“She is lying. She doesn’t look me in the eye any more. We are not exactly friends.”
The Labour Party declined to comment.
A Labour source said: “There’s been proactive conversations with Rosie from people across the party. As with all our MPs, there are multiple channels of support always open.”
A source close to the leader added: “He was chief prosecutor. He offered to resign if fined over Durham. Keir doesn’t lie. Full stop.”
Ms Thornberry said she campaigned in Rosie’s seat in the past two elections.
“I’ve always supported her and considered her a friend”, she said.
“I’m very sad about how she is now feeling, and what she is now saying, but I am not going to get into a public dispute with her, which will benefit no-one but our opponents.”
