Keir Starmer to remove Labour whip from at least four ‘persistent rebel’ MPs | Labour
Keir Starmer, Wednesday afternoon starting with at least four in the afternoon to remove the whip for permanent rebellions.
Guardian understands that Rachael Maskell, Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Chris Hinchliff.
A source of workers said Whip was removed from the “permanent rebels ..
All of the four deputies facing suspension clearly criticized various government policies, including prosperity bill and reducing winter fuel allowance.
MPs who lost whip are no longer considered part of the parliamentary party, but this is protecting the party membership unless it is canceled. The suspension is usually for a certain period of time and is then reviewed.
Leishman said in a statement: “I am a proud member of labor and I am affiliated with the party.
“I voted for the government against the government because I want to effectively represent and be a voice for the communities in Alloa and Grangemouth.
Leishman is a member of the leftist socialist campaign group. Duncan-Jordan and Hinchliff have been elected with very fine majority in voters who have never returned workers’ deputies before.
Duncan Jordan said: im I have been constantly talked about my components, including the latest interruptions that have been deducted from the latest disability aids.
Although I have been suspended from the Parliamentary Labor Party today, I have been a part of the labor and trade union movement for 40 years and I have committed to its values as usual. To my components: work as usual. “
Starmer, last summer to remove the limit of benefit with the two children in the King’s speech, the Scottish National Party voted with seven deputies who voted with the whip after the vote against the government will apply serious discipline for the second time.
Among those suspended from the whip last July were John McDonnell, Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Imran Hussain, Absana Begum and Zarah Sultan.
Since then, the whip has been restored to most of these deputies, but a few people on the left continued to vote against the government on a series of issues such as prosperity, prohibition of Palestinian action and changes in planning.
The Sultan, who was suspended, announced that the worker was after me to find a new party with former workers’ leader Jeremy Corbyn, who was independent of the last election.
