Labour Peer Who Said Rosie Duffield Was Too 'Frit Or Lazy' To Attend Hustings Loses Whip

Michael Cashman with Sir Ian McKellen in 2017.

Labour has removed the whip from a peer who accused one of the party’s MPs of being too “frit or lazy” to attend an election hustings.

Lord Cashman made the remark on X (formerly Twitter) after Rosie Duffield said she was taking the precaution because of concerns her safety.

Duffield, who has been the MP for Canterbury since 2017, said the “actions of a few fixated individuals” had affected her “sense of security and wellbeing”.

She...