I think the latter mainly. Bit of a lone wolf and not really in with the factions that she even appears to agree with.

yeah i think she is a loose canon in some respects. also think she has always been big on defining herself as a campaigning mp which is hard to reconcile with collective responsibility. and also she has been quite vocal on gambling reform which is a donor no no

I'd suggest there's a certain arrogance there as well. Her family essentially owns the local CLP and she runs Walthamstow like her own personal fiefdom. Until last year, the last time the second place parliamentary candidate received more than 15% of the vote was 2010

Big "don't you know who I am?" energy

while we're on creasy facts, i was reading the liner notes to a Wedding Present CD and saw that she'd written them, which felt very random