Ayesha Hazarika

Ayesha Hazarika   (spin doctor)

Ayesha Hazarika is a former Special Adviser to Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband and is now a spin doctor and stand-up comedian.

On 30 June 2016, she appeared on the BBC's "Victoria Derbyshire" show with Ann Coffey MP calling for Jeremy Corbyn to resign, while Mark Serwotka of the PCS union and James Schneider of Momentum argued Corbyn should stay as Leader of the Opposition.

Background

Ayesha Hazarika is a second-generation Indian immigrant who grew up in Scotland.

Career

Ayesha Hazarika went on to be spin doctor for Patricia Hewitt when she was Trade Secretary.

Comments on Jeremy Corbyn

On 23 May 2016, Ayesha Hazarika mused:

{{SMWQ |subjects=Jeremy Corbyn |text=Whether we like it or not, we have to understand that the membership is still really into Jeremy Corbyn (as a recent Times poll confirmed) and that love-rush is going nowhere for a while.

And we can’t just bypass the party as tempting as that may be. Because of the new rules, the members are the gatekeepers to the leadership – so there is no point in a kamikaze-like attempt at a coup. Yes, it would be interesting to watch but it would make the media and the Tories’ day but ultimately, it would be embarrassing and it would fail. And to be fair to Jeremy – he won. He won big. And just because we don’t like it, we can’t magically hoof him out when the rules and the membership are against that.

Instead of getting bitter, we need to get better. Instead of holding out for a hero and trying to magic up a new leader, we need to go away and do all the boring difficult things we know we have to do but haven’t done for a long time.

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