Sacking Of Andy Mcsmith From Daily Mirror
EDM number 1861 in 1992-93, proposed by Alan Milburn on 26/04/1993.
That this House deplores the sacking of Daily Mirror political correspondence Andy McSmith; notes that this is the first known case of the sacking of a Daily Mirror political writer for no other reason than his close and long standing involvement in the Labour Party, that it follows the forced departure from the Mirror of its political editor, Alastair Campbell, and its leading investigative journalist, Paul Foot, and many more of the best known Mirror journalists, that, since the departure of Paul Foot, the Mirror has sacked Bryan Rostron, a staff member for nine years who worked on the Paul Foot page, and is in the process of sacking their colleague, Margaret Renn, who recently took over as Mother of the NUJ chapel, after the forced departure of the Father of Chapel, Trevor Davies, that the list of those sacked by the present management includes the former industrial editor, Terry Pattinson, leader writer, David Thompson, and many other journalists and print workers; considers that the banks who have become the owners of Mirror Group Newspapers through their business dealings with the late Robert Maxwell recognise that the Daily Mirror and other papers in the group have been valuable assets because of their appeal as popular, campaigning, Labour-supporting newspapers; and beleives that this commercial and political advantage is being squandered by the present management and is in danger of being lost forever.
This motion has been signed by a total of 142 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Alan Milburn | 26/04/1993 | Darlington | | Proposed |
Max Madden | 26/04/1993 | Bradford West | | Signed |
Colin Pickthall | 26/04/1993 | West Lancashire | | Signed |
Peter Pike | 26/04/1993 | Burnley | | Signed |
Raymond Powell | 26/04/1993 | Ogmore | | Signed |
Bridget Prentice | 26/04/1993 | Lewisham East | | Signed |
Gordon Prentice | 26/04/1993 | Pendle | | Signed |
Dawn Primarolo | 26/04/1993 | Bristol South | | Signed |
Ken Purchase | 26/04/1993 | Wolverhampton North East | | Signed |
Joyce Quin | 26/04/1993 | Gateshead East | | Signed |
Giles Radice | 26/04/1993 | North Durham | | Signed |
Nick Raynsford | 26/04/1993 | Greenwich | | Signed |
Barbara Roche | 26/04/1993 | Hornsey & Wood Green | | Signed |
Allan Rogers | 26/04/1993 | Rhondda | | Signed |
Terry Rooney | 26/04/1993 | Bradford North | | Signed |
Ernie Ross | 26/04/1993 | Dundee West | | Signed |
Brian Sedgemore | 26/04/1993 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | | Signed |
Alan Simpson | 26/04/1993 | Nottingham South | | Signed |
Andrew Smith | 26/04/1993 | Oxford East | | Signed |
Peter Snape | 26/04/1993 | West Bromwich East | | Signed |
Roy Hattersley | 26/04/1993 | Birmingham Sparkbrook | | Signed |
Keith Hill | 26/04/1993 | Streatham | | Signed |
David Hinchliffe | 26/04/1993 | Wakefield | | Signed |
Geoff Hoon | 26/04/1993 | Ashfield | | Signed |
George Howarth | 26/04/1993 | Knowsley North | | Signed |
Doug Hoyle | 26/04/1993 | Warrington North | | Signed |
Kevin Hughes | 26/04/1993 | Doncaster North | | Signed |
Robert Hughes | 26/04/1993 | Aberdeen North | | Signed |
John Hutton | 26/04/1993 | Barrow & Furness | | Signed |
Eric Illsley | 26/04/1993 | Barnsley Central | | Signed |
Helen Jackson | 26/04/1993 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | | Signed |
Tessa Jowell | 26/04/1993 | Dulwich | | Signed |
Piara S Khabra | 26/04/1993 | Ealing, Southall | | Signed |
Neil Kinnock | 26/04/1993 | Islwyn | | Signed |
Ken Livingstone | 26/04/1993 | Brent East | | Signed |
Tony Lloyd | 26/04/1993 | Stretford | | Signed |
Calum MacDonald | 26/04/1993 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | | Signed |
David Marshall | 26/04/1993 | Glasgow, Shettleston | | Signed |
Jim Marshall | 26/04/1993 | Leicester South | | Signed |
Michael Martin | 26/04/1993 | Glasgow, Springburn | | Signed |
John Maxton | 26/04/1993 | Glasgow, Cathcart | | Signed |
John McAllion | 26/04/1993 | Dundee East | | Signed |
William McKelvey | 26/04/1993 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | | Signed |
Alan Meale | 26/04/1993 | Mansfield | | Signed |
Alun Michael | 26/04/1993 | Cardiff South & Penarth | | Signed |
Bill Michie | 26/04/1993 | Sheffield, Heeley | | Signed |
Andrew Miller | 26/04/1993 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | | Signed |
Elliot Morley | 26/04/1993 | Glanford and Scunthorpe | | Signed |
Estelle Morris | 26/04/1993 | Birmingham, Yardley | | Signed |
George Mudie | 26/04/1993 | Leeds East | | Signed |
Chris Mullin | 26/04/1993 | Sunderland South | | Signed |
Martin O'Neill | 26/04/1993 | Clackmannan | | Signed |
Stan Orme | 26/04/1993 | Salford East | | Signed |
Roland Boyes | 26/04/1993 | Houghton and Washington | | Signed |
Richard Burden | 26/04/1993 | Birmingham, Northfield | | Signed |
Stephen Byers | 26/04/1993 | Wallsend | | Signed |
Richard Caborn | 26/04/1993 | Sheffield Central | | Signed |
Anne Campbell | 26/04/1993 | Cambridge | | Signed |
Jamie Cann | 26/04/1993 | Ipswich | | Signed |
Malcolm Chisholm | 26/04/1993 | Edinburgh Leith | | Signed |
Michael Clapham | 26/04/1993 | Barnsley West & Penistone | | Signed |
Eric Clarke | 26/04/1993 | Midlothian | | Signed |
Ann Coffey | 26/04/1993 | Stockport | | Signed |
Harry Cohen | 26/04/1993 | Leyton | | Signed |
Michael Connarty | 26/04/1993 | Falkirk East | | Signed |
Frank Cook | 26/04/1993 | Stockton North | | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 26/04/1993 | Islington North | | Signed |
Jean Corston | 26/04/1993 | Bristol East | | Signed |
Jim Cousins | 26/04/1993 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 26/04/1993 | Coventry South East | | Signed |
Alistair Darling | 26/04/1993 | Edinburgh Central | | Signed |
Ian Davidson | 26/04/1993 | Glasgow, Govan | | Signed |
Bryan Davies | 26/04/1993 | Oldham Central and Royton | | Signed |
Terry Davis | 26/04/1993 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | | Signed |
Brian H Donohoe | 26/04/1993 | Cunninghame South | | Signed |
Jim Dowd | 26/04/1993 | Lewisham West | | Signed |
Jimmy Dunnachie | 26/04/1993 | Glasgow, Pollok | | Signed |
Angela Eagle | 26/04/1993 | Wallasey | | Signed |
Derek Enright | 26/04/1993 | Hemsworth | | Signed |
John Evans | 26/04/1993 | St Helens North | | Signed |
Derek Fatchett | 26/04/1993 | Leeds Central | | Signed |
Frank Field | 26/04/1993 | Birkenhead | | Signed |
Mark Fisher | 26/04/1993 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | | Signed |
Sam Galbraith | 26/04/1993 | Strathkelvin & Bearsden | | Signed |
Neil Gerrard | 26/04/1993 | Walthamstow | | Signed |
Tommy Graham | 26/04/1993 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | | Signed |
Graham Allen | 26/04/1993 | Nottingham North | | Signed |
Win Griffiths | 26/04/1993 | Bridgend | | Signed |
John Gunnell | 26/04/1993 | Leeds South and Morley | | Signed |
Peter Hain | 26/04/1993 | Neath | | Signed |
Joe Ashton | 26/04/1993 | Bassetlaw | | Signed |
Tony Banks | 26/04/1993 | Newham North West | | Signed |
Kevin Barron | 26/04/1993 | Rother Valley | | Signed |
Hugh Bayley | 26/04/1993 | York, City of | | Signed |
Gerry Bermingham | 26/04/1993 | St Helens South | | Signed |
Clive Betts | 26/04/1993 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | | Signed |
George Stevenson | 26/04/1993 | Stoke-on-Trent South | | Signed |
Jack Thompson | 26/04/1993 | Wansbeck | | Signed |
Dennis Turner | 26/04/1993 | Wolverhampton South East | | Signed |
Joan Walley | 26/04/1993 | Stoke-on-Trent North | | Signed |
Gareth Wardell | 26/04/1993 | Gower | | Signed |
Robert Wareing | 26/04/1993 | Liverpool, West Derby | | Signed |
Mike Watson | 26/04/1993 | Glasgow Central | | Signed |
Malcolm Wicks | 26/04/1993 | Croydon North West | | Signed |
James Wray | 26/04/1993 | Glasgow Provan | | Signed |
Tony Wright | 26/04/1993 | Cannock and Burntwood | | Signed |
David Hanson | 27/04/1993 | Delyn | | Signed |
Robert Parry | 27/04/1993 | Liverpool, Riverside | | Signed |
Peter Hardy | 27/04/1993 | Wentworth | | Signed |
John Heppell | 27/04/1993 | Nottingham East | | Signed |
Norman Hogg | 27/04/1993 | Cumbernauld & Kilsyth | | Signed |
Roy Hughes | 27/04/1993 | Newport East | | Signed |
Barry Jones | 27/04/1993 | Alyn & Deeside | | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 27/04/1993 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | | Signed |
Jane Kennedy | 27/04/1993 | Liverpool Broadgreen | | Signed |
Ron Leighton | 27/04/1993 | Newham North East | | Signed |
John McWilliam | 27/04/1993 | Blaydon | | Signed |
Lawrence Cunliffe | 27/04/1993 | Leigh | | Signed |
Maria Fyfe | 27/04/1993 | Glasgow, Maryhill | | Signed |
Mike Gapes | 27/04/1993 | Ilford South | | Signed |
Norman Godman | 27/04/1993 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | | Signed |
Harry Barnes | 27/04/1993 | North East Derbyshire | | Signed |
Gerry Steinberg | 27/04/1993 | Durham, City of | | Signed |
Tony Worthington | 27/04/1993 | Clydebank & Milngavie | | Signed |
Barry Sheerman | 28/04/1993 | Huddersfield | | Signed |
John Home Robertson | 28/04/1993 | East Lothian | | Signed |
Adam Ingram | 28/04/1993 | East Kilbride | | Signed |
Joan Lestor | 28/04/1993 | Eccles | | Signed |
Edward O'Hara | 28/04/1993 | Knowsley South | | Signed |
Keith Bradley | 28/04/1993 | Manchester, Withington | | Signed |
John Cummings | 28/04/1993 | Easington | | Signed |
Mike Hall | 28/04/1993 | Warrington South | | Signed |
Janet Anderson | 28/04/1993 | Rossendale & Darwen | | Signed |
Alan Keen | 29/04/1993 | Feltham & Heston | | Signed |
Peter Kilfoyle | 29/04/1993 | Liverpool, Walton | | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 29/04/1993 | Sunderland North | | Signed |
Alan Wynne Williams | 04/05/1993 | Carmarthen | | Signed |
Greg Pope | 05/05/1993 | Hyndburn | | Signed |
Joan Ruddock | 05/05/1993 | Lewisham, Deptford | | Signed |
Ian McCartney | 05/05/1993 | Makerfield | | Signed |
Bruce Grocott | 05/05/1993 | Wrekin, The | | Signed |
Jo Richardson | 12/05/1993 | Barking | | Signed |
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