Mahon quits 'undemocratic' Labour

Ex-Halifax MP accuses party of betraying values and principles that inspired her to join it as a teenager A Labour veteran today resigned from the party and accused it of betraying the values and principles that inspired her to join as a teenager. Alice Mahon, who was the Halifax MP between 1987 and 2005 and a party member for more than 50 years, said in her resignation letter she had hoped Labour would return to its progressive roots under Gordon Brown, but "in the event I could not have been more...