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Bit of a case of headline-itis, that.
Tarry wasn't sacked for appearing on a picket line. At least five of the shad cab have done so and have kept their jobs.
Tarry was sacked for:
- promoting himself to shadow secretary of state for transport (he isn't)
- making an unauthorised round of publicity for personal reasons
- making up policy on the fly - in this case saying that Labour supported the RMT's demands for above inflation pay rises when the actual shad cab position is that we would support anything the RTM would accept
Even though I wasn't a big Corbyn fan I always defended him when the media misrepresented him. Starmer's being misrepresented here. Here's how Labour announced it:
"This isn't about appearing on a picket line. Members of the front bench sign up to collective responsibility. That includes media appearances being approved and speaking to agreed frontbench positions.
"As a government in waiting, any breach of collective responsibility is taken extremely seriously and for these reasons Sam Tarry has been removed from the frontbench."
This is an eminently sensible position.
- promoting himself to shadow secretary of state for transport (he isn't)
ReekBlefs-
Nothing to do with the campaign to deselect Tarry in Ilford south in favour of Jas Athwal then?
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This is an eminently sensible position.
I'd put it to you, that to the majority of Labours 'natural constituency', it's an eminently esoteric position.
Whatever the reasoning behind it, the headline is factual, Kier Starmer did sack him, and he was clearly supporting striking rail workers.
What is the point of Labour being a government in waiting if they're not going to support the working class because of the 'optics'?
jj72
Jingle_Jangle
What the fuck is wrong with Kier Starmer?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62325842