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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