Karl Turner is a frequent critic of Starmer and was leading the charge against the Jury trial abolition. He recently accused Morgan McSweeney of telling mistruths when it came to his phone theft. The whips have snapped…
UPDATE: Turner responds: “I am being told that I have had the whip suspended but I have not had any notification from the whips about this. It seems journalists have been told but I have not.” He said last month: “If my parliamentary Labour party chief, Prime Minister, leader of the party or whatever else doesn’t want me in the party anymore, fine. I don’t mind walking and causing a by-election.”
UPDATE II: Labour spinners say the suspension is a result of Turner’s interview with Jody McIntyre, an activist who ran a controversial campaign against Jess Phillips at the last election. Turner, for his part, claims he didn’t know about McIntyre fully when he provided the interview…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”