Jane Merrick
Jane Merrick | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | i (newspaper) |
Jane Merrick is a British journalist who is currently policy editor at the i newspaper. She was formerly the political editor of The Independent on Sunday and a founding member of The Spoon, a daily news summary distributed by email. She has also written for The Daily Telegraph, The Observer and The Times.[1]
Michael Fallon controversy
In 2017, Former Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon was forced to resign in part due to an allegation of inappropriate behavior towards Merrick. Fallon was accused of having "lunged" at Merrick a decade and a half earlier.[2]
Labour Party affiliation
Merrick joined the Labour Party in 2016 to support Angela Eagle in the Labour leadership election.[3]
On 20 July 2018, Merrick announced her resignation from the Labour Party in an op-ed for The Times; Merrick explained she would not vote Labour again until there was a new leader who "undoes the damage Corbyn has inflicted" and that she was leaving the party due to antisemitism.[4]
References
- ^ "Senior political journalists launch new daily email called The Spoon". PressGazette.
- ^ Merrick, Jane (4 November 2017). "I won't keep my silence: Michael Fallon lunged at me after our lunch". The Observer. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ Merrick, Jane (2016-07-21). "Why should anyone want to save Labour when it clearly doesn't want to save itself?". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
- ^ "I cannot tolerate antisemitism so I'm leaving Labour". The Times.
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