Sacha Lord Has Lost Faith in Labour Leadership
“A fish rots from the head” says Sacha Lord about the
current Labour government.
Sacha Lord announced that he would be missing his first Labour Party Conference since joining as a member in 2022.
Speaking to The Independent at the time, Sacha shared:
“I joined on the back of several meetings with the then shadow cabinet, who promised me a vision as the party of both business and growth.
This was then reiterated in their manifesto launch in 2024.”
But Sacha feels that this has simply not been the case, labelling Rachel Reeves’ 2024 Budget “disastrous” and a nightmare for pubs, hotels, restaurants and bars, where it resulted in a host of closures and more than 110,000 job losses.
Continuing, Sacha shared that he no longer has faith in the current leadership, which he feels has recently shown a lack of both judgement and loyalty.
“The cabinet is now again far too London-centric, having promised more power to the regions, which now seems just shallow words.
It’s apparent the current Chancellor has no interest in hospitality, the UK’s fifth biggest sector. Her national insurance increase was both reckless and short-sighted.
Sadly, I predict that many good, hard-working Labour councillors will lose their jobs in May, purely from poor decisions being made from the top.
Decisions that, to me, don't represent Labour Party values.
A fish rots from the head.”
