Paul Waugh

Paul Waugh is a British Labour Party politician and journalist who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochdale since 2024.

Quotes

• Unlike prime ministers, leaders of the Opposition suffer from the handicap that often their only weapons are words, not deeds. That's why their actions in how they deal with their own party are used as a proxy for leadership.
  • "Kicking out Jeremy Corbyn is just the beginning of Keir Starmer’s plan for the Labour left", i (5 February 2023).
  • It had been announced Jeremy Corbyn would be barred as a Labour candidate at the next general election. However, Corbyn was returned as an independent MP at the 2024 general election.