Mcdonnell: Shadow Chancellor and Anna Turley

mcdonnell: She can forget it Anna Turley Read more McDonnell said on a visit to Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday The Conservatives introduced pork-barrel politics straight after the general election because they gave a couple of billion pounds to the DUP just to secure their votes, said McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, according to The Guardian. It was something like 100m a vote they spent to get the DUP supporting them, so they already introduced that pork-barrel contractual politics. The shadow chancellor's accusation follows reports that the government is preparing to plough extra funding into deprived areas that supported leave, with the Nottinghamshire MP John Mann claiming that a set of job-creation measures targeted at former industrial towns would make it very difficult for Labour MPs in leave areas to vote against the deal unless they want a second referendum . However, the Redcar MP Anna Turley dismissed the offer of bribes or sweeteners which we know will make those constituencies worse off . Theresa May is trying to bribe the people of Redcar. I think it degrades our political system and to try and extend it in this way, I think it's dangerous for our democracy. It shouldn't be done in return for votes. So what most MPs have said is, actually if there is money there to spend on our constituencies, it should be done anyway. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.